Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 38-2014. An 87-year-old man with sore throat, hoarseness, fatigue, and dyspnea

N Engl J Med. 2014 Dec 11;371(24):2321-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1410935.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases / blood
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Hoarseness / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / adverse effects
  • Hypothyroidism / blood
  • Hypothyroidism / complications
  • Hypothyroidism / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Medication Adherence
  • Pharyngitis / etiology
  • Polypharmacy
  • Rhabdomyolysis / chemically induced
  • Rhabdomyolysis / diagnosis
  • Thyroid Hormones / deficiency
  • Thyrotropin / blood*
  • Thyroxine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Thyrotropin
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Thyroxine