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Query: UMLS:C0000727 (
acute abdomen
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The surgical literature contains few reports about effects of hypothyroidism in patients with
acute abdomen
; has been reported that a
glycoprotein
infiltrate the lining of the bowel leading to denervation. We report the case of a woman with
acute abdomen
secondary to pyosalpynx with uncontrolled hypothyroidism postoperative complications.Hypothyroidism is called "big mimicker"because its clinic spectrum ranges from anasymptomatic subclinical condition to the rare,life-threatening myxedema coma, and thus can bea challenging diagnosis to make. Unrecognized hypothyroidism may lead to unnecessary surgery or even a potentially fatal outcome. A heightened awareness of this not so uncommon entity is mandatory
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PMID:[Mixedematous ileus; acute abdomen exacerbate.]. 1966 72
