Multidetector Computed Tomography Imaging for the Diagnosis of Hyperthyroid Cardiomyopathy
| Author | Hye Rin Kim | en |
| Author | Seung Min Yoo | en |
| Author | Hwa Yeon Lee | en |
| Author | Jae Youn Moon | en |
| Author | Woo In Yang | en |
| Author | Charles S. White | en |
| Issued Date | 2017-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | We present two cases of hyperthyroid cardiomyopathy (CMP) caused by Graves’ disease in which multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) findings provided specific diagnostic clues, guiding the attending physician to a prompt diagnosis and allowing rapid initiation of therapy. We believe that a combination of diffuse thyroid enlargement, with decreased attenuation on non-enhanced chest CT, thymic hyperplasia and cardiomegaly (i.e. predominantly right heart failure with enlargement of the left atrium) are suspicious CT findings of hyperthyroid CMP. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.31752 | en |
| Keyword | Graves’ Disease | en |
| Keyword | Cardiomyopathy | en |
| Keyword | Multidetector Computed Tomography | en |
| Keyword | Hyperthyroidism | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Multidetector Computed Tomography Imaging for the Diagnosis of Hyperthyroid Cardiomyopathy | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |