RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute abdomen and hypothyroidism
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr1220081356
DO 10.1136/bcr.12.2008.1356
VO 2009
A1 Bhansali, Anil
A1 Shanmugasundar, G
A1 Walia, Rama
A1 Santosh, R
A1 Dutta, Pinaki
YR 2009
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.12.2008.1356.abstract
AB Acute abdomen with multicystic ovaries as a presenting manifestation of juvenile primary hypothyroidism is rare. Appropriate diagnosis and levothyroxine treatment is rewarding and avoids inadvertent surgery. We present three such cases.