Massive pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade due to cholesterol pericarditis in a case of subclinical hypothyroidism: a rare event

MeSH terms

• Biopsy, Needle
• Blood Chemical Analysis
• Cardiac Tamponade / diagnostic imaging*
• Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
• Echocardiography, Doppler
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Hypercholesterolemia / complications*
• Hypercholesterolemia / diagnosis
• Hypothyroidism / complications*
• Hypothyroidism / diagnosis
• Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
• Immunohistochemistry
• Middle Aged
• Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
• Pericardial Effusion / etiology
• Pericarditis / blood
• Pericarditis / complications*
• Pericarditis / diagnosis
• Radiography, Thoracic / methods
• Rare Diseases
• Severity of Illness Index
• Thyroxine / therapeutic use