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ArticleCureus2021

A Rare Case of Hypoparathyroidism and Myxedema Coma in a Patient With Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.

Raffaele A Ruggiero, Qasim Z Iqbal, Ali Akram, Jared Dendy, Julie Zaidan

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Raffaele A RuggieroInternal Medicine, Northwell Health, New York, USA.
Qasim Z IqbalInternal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, USA.
Ali AkramInternal Medicine, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, PAK.
Jared DendyEndocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, USA.
Julie ZaidanInternal Medicine, Northwell Health, New York, USA.
Ochsner Medical Center · USThe Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education · USNorthwell Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare genetic condition that presents due to bone marrow failure caused by a dysfunction in ribosomal biogenesis and function. The patients would often require chronic transfusions as treatment, which puts them at high risk for the development of secondary hemochromatosis. This secondary hemochromatosis results in endocrinopathies due to iron deposition into the endocrine glands. We present an interesting case report of a female patient with multiple endocrinopathies due to secondary hemochromatosis resulting from chronic transfusion therapy. Her endocrinopathies included hypothyroidism complicated by myxedema coma and, interestingly, hypoparathyroidism, which has seldom been reported in DBA patients. Early diagnosis and precise treatment of life-threatening conditions like myxedema coma in DBA patients can avoid morbidity and mortality.

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blood transfusion safetydiamond-blackfan anemiahypothyroidisminternal medicine and endocrinologymyxedema coma

Identifiers

PMID34976531
PMCPMC8711578
OpenAlexW3215120813

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