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© 1977 Oxford University Press

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UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF MYXOEDEMA COMA IN THE ELDERLY

M. G. IMPALLOMENI

North Middlesex Hospital London N18 1QX

Seven patients were found to be suffering from myxoedema coma over a two-year period in this geriatric department. The majority presented with unusual clinical features. Generalized convulsions were particularly common, occurring in five patients. Four patients were previously diagnosed ae suffering from myxoedema, but thyroxine therapy had been discontinued. These findings would suggest that this condition is not unusual in the elderly; but it could easily be missed on account of its atypical presentation.


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