27 May 2021>: Articles
An Unusual Case of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Presenting as Impending Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Ryan B. Sinit A , Janet H. Leung * , Wayne S. Hwang B , J. Susie Woo B , David M. Aboulafia A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.929249
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e929249
Table 2. Laboratory tests used to determine etiology of impending cardiac tamponade.
Result | Reference range | |
---|---|---|
IgM | Non-reactive | N/A |
ANA | Non-reactive | N/A |
C3 complement | 32 mg/dL | 82–185 mg/dL |
C4 complement | 3 mg/dL | 15–53 mg/dL |
PT | 13 seconds | 11.8–13.3 seconds |
INR | 1.0 | |
ESR | 43 mm/hr | |
CRP | 6.1 mg/L | |
Ferritin | 112 ng/mL | 31–356 ng/mL |
TSH | 108 mIU/L | 0.35–4.94 mIU/L |
Free T4 | 0.70–1.48 ng/dL | |
Free T3 | 1.7–3.7 pg/mL | |
Reverse T3 | 10–24 ng/dL | |
TPO antibody | 598.5 IU/mL | ≤8.9 IU/mL |
Total testosterone | 240 ng/dL | 240–950 ng/dL |
Free testosterone | 3.12 ng/dL | 4.06–15.6 ng/dL |
Bioavailable testosterone | 29 mg/dL | 50–190 ng/dL |
ANA – antinuclear antibody; CRP – C-reactive protein; ESR – erythrocyte sedimentation rate; IgM – immunoglobulin M; INR – international normalized ratio; – ; N/A – not applicable; PT – prothrombin time; T4 – thyroxine; TPO – thyroid peroxidase; TSH – thyroid stimulating hormone. |