Myxedema ileus. A form of intestinal pseudo-obstruction
A. A. Abbasi, R. C. Douglass, G. W. Bissell and Y. Chen
Myxedema ileus uncommonly complicates the hypothyroid state. It is a rare
cause of intestinal pseudo-obstruction that can be reversed with thyroid
hormone therapy. Our two patients with myxedema ileus had concurrent
infection. Intestinal ileus was completely reversed with the administration
of thyroid hormone.
