Affiliation:
1. Department of General Medicine, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysuru, India
Abstract
Hypothyroidism is an endocrine disorder which occurs due to a deficiency of thyroid hormones. Hoffmann’s syndrome is a rare complication of hypothyroidism – presenting as hypothyroid myopathy. We describe the case of a 20-year-old lactating female patient, with known case of hypothyroidism (diagnosed during her pregnancy and having discontinued treatment following delivery), presenting with complaints of pain, swelling of bilateral calf muscles with cramps in bilateral lower limbs for 1 day. Symptoms of muscle pseudohypertrophy with muscle stiffness are relatively rare in subclinical hypothyroidism and hence, it is important to identify and diagnose this rare condition, and to initiate appropriate treatment.
Subject
Education,General Medicine