Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Hypothyroidism

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Hypothyroidism includes:

• Thyroid surgery
• Neck surgery
• Complications of treatment for hyperthyroidism - some treatments can damage the thyroid.
• Hypomelia - mullerian duct anomalies - hypothyroidism
• Generalized resistance to thyroid hormone - hypothyroidism
• De Quervain thyroiditis
• Iodine 131
• Para-amino salicylic acid
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis - hypothyroidism
• Pituitary dwarfism type 3
• Lymphomatous thyroiditis - hypothyroidism
• Cretinism athyreotic - hypothyroidism
• Chromosome 6q duplication syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Chromosome 2 trisomy syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Chemical poisoning - Bromide - hypothyroidism
• Bangstad syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism, congenital
• Down syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Cystinosis
• Thyroiditis - Hypothyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism - hypothyroidism
• Neurosarcoidosis - hypothyroidism
• Iodine antenatal infection - hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism - cleft palate - hypothyroidism
• Deafness - goiter - stippled epiphyses - hypothyroidism
• Bexarotene
• Alström syndrome
• Panhypopituitarism, X-linked recessive
• Potassium iodide
• Riedel syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Zadik Barak Levin syndrome - Hypothyroidism
• Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Hypothalamic dysfunction - hypothyroidism
• Escamilla-Lisser syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1H - hypothyroidism
• Iodine deficiency
• Obesity - colitis - hypothyroidism - cardiac hypertrophy - developmental delay - hypothyroidism
• Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2
• Ethionamide
• Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Bamforth syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Propylthiouracil
• Lithium
• Pituitary Cancer - hypothyroidism
• Kashin-Bek disease - hypothyroidism
• APECED Syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Carbimazole
• Methimazole
• Kaplowitz-Bodurtha syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Graves Disease - hypothyroidism
• Emanuel syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A - hypothyroidism
• Pendred's syndrome
• Multiple endocrine abnormalities - adenylyl cyclase dysfunction - hypothyroidism
• Microphthalmia syndromic, type 6 - hypothyroidism
• Chromosome 1, 1p36 deletion syndrome - hypothyroidism
• DiGeorge's syndrome
• Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a
• Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis - hypothyroidism
• Bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Thyroidectomy
• Dopamine
• Hypopituitarism
• Vilanova-Canadeli syndrome - hypothyroidism
• Microcephaly - seizures - mental retardation - heart disorders - hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism postaxial polydactyly mental retardation - hypothyroidism
• Chromosome 12 ring syndrome - hypothyroidism
• CATCH 22 - hypothyroidism
• Amiodarone
• POEMS syndrome

Other underlying conditions related to Hypothyroidism:

• Acanthocytosis
• Acute confusional state
• Alanine transaminase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Aldolase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Alkaline phosphatase levels low (plasma or serum)
• Alopecia
• Amenorrhoea
• Ascites
• Aspartate transaminase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Atrial fibrillation
• Basophilia
• Cardiac failure, left sided
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Constipation
• Creatine kinase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Creatinine levels low (plasma or serum)
• CSF protein raised
• Dry skin
• Dysphonia
• Erythema ab igne
• Facies abnormality
• Female infertility
• Galactorrhoea-Hyperprolactinaemia
• Hirsutism
• Hypercholesterolaemia
• Hypermagnesaemia
• Hyperpigmentation
• Hypertension, systemic
• Hypotension
• Hypothermia
• Lactate dehydrogenase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Low density lipoprotein levels raised (serum or plasma)
• Low voltage ECG
• Macrocytosis (erythrocyte)
• Menorrhagia
• Muscular hypertrophy
• Myopathy
• Myotonia
• Obesity
• Paresthesiae
• Pericardial effusion
• Pericarditis
• Periorbital swelling
• Precocious puberty
• Proximal muscle weakness
• Proximal myopathy
• Pyrophosphate arthropathy
• QT lengthening
• Reduced level of consciousness
• Rhinorrhoea
• Sex hormone binding globulin levels low (serum)
• SIADH
• Sinus bradycardia
• Slow relaxing reflexes
• Sodium levels low (urine)
• T wave inversion
• T waves flat
• Thyroid hormone binding globulin levels raised (serum)
• Uric acid levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Weight gain

Source: Diseases Database

Hypothyroidism as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Hypothyroidism as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Hypothyroidism as a complication includes:

• Down Syndrome
• Graves Disease
• Hemochromatosis
• Hemochromatosis-related diabetes
• Hyperthyroidism
• Kashin-Bek disease
• Lymphomatous thyroiditis
• Pituitary Cancer
• Riedel syndrome
• Thyroiditis

Hypothyroidism Causes: Book Excerpts

• Differential Diagnosis - Breath Sounds (Decreased)
• Differential Diagnosis - Urinary Stream (Decreased)
• Medical causes - Thyroid enlargement
• Causes and incidence - Hypothyroidism in adults
• Causes - Hypothyroidism in children
• Medical causes - Thyroid enlargement
• Differential Overview - Neck Mass/Thyroid Enlargement
• Causes - Hypothyroidism in adults
• Causes - Hypothyroidism in children
• Medical causes - Thyroid enlargement
• Medical causes - Thyroid enlargement
• I. Differential Diagnosis - Decreased Activity Level - Case 2-1 15-Year-Old Girl
• I. Differential Diagnosis - Decreased Activity Level - Case 2-2 2-Week-Old Boy
• I. Differential Diagnosis - Decreased Activity Level - Case 2-3 3-Month-Old Girl
• I. Differential Diagnosis - Decreased Activity Level - Case 2-4 11-Month-Old Boy
• I. Differential Diagnosis - Decreased Activity Level - Case 2-5 9-Year-Old Boy
• I. Differential Diagnosis - Decreased Activity Level - Case 2-6 20-Month-Old Boy

Hypothyroidism as a symptom:

Conditions listing Hypothyroidism as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

For a more detailed analysis of Hypothyroidism as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Hypothyroidism.

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• ACTH deficiency, isolated
• Antithyroid drugs - Teratogenic Agent
• APECED Syndrome
• Autoimmune thyroid diseases
• Bamforth syndrome
• Bangstad syndrome
• Bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis syndrome
• CATCH 22
• CDG syndrome type 1A
• Chemical poisoning - Bromide
• Chromosome 1, 1p36 deletion syndrome
• Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome
• Chromosome 12 ring syndrome
• Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome
• Chromosome 15q, trisomy
• Chromosome 2 trisomy syndrome
• Chromosome 6, trisomy 6q
• Chromosome 6q duplication syndrome
• Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A
• Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1H
• Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Type Ia
• Cretinism athyreotic
• Deafness - goiter - stippled epiphyses
• Deafness - thyroid hormone resistance
• Diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy
• Distinctive Craniofacial Features - Pterygia - Mental Retardation
• Duplication 6q
• Emanuel syndrome
• Escamilla-Lisser syndrome
• Generalized resistance to thyroid hormone
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
• Haspeslagh Fryns Muelenaere syndrome
• Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis
• Hypomelia - mullerian duct anomalies
• Hypothalamic dysfunction
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism - cleft palate
• Hypothyroidism - dermoid cyst - cleft palate
• Hypothyroidism postaxial polydactyly mental retardation
• Iodine - Teratogenic Agent
• Iodine antenatal infection
• Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome
• Kaplowitz-Bodurtha syndrome
• Mental mixed retardation deafnes clubbed digits
• Mental Retardation - Pterygia - Shortness - Distinctive Facial Appearance
• Microcephaly - seizures - mental retardation - heart disorders
• Microphthalmia syndromic, type 6
• Monosomy 1p36
• Multiple endocrine abnormalities - adenylyl cyclase dysfunction
• Neurosarcoidosis
• Obesity - colitis - hypothyroidism - cardiac hypertrophy - developmental delay
• Pterygia - Mental retardation - Distinctive Craniofacial Features
• Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome
• Short stature - craniofacial anomalies - genital hypoplasia
• Thyroid disorders
• Velocardiofacial syndrome
• Vilanova-Canadeli syndrome
• Wolfram Syndrome 2
• Zadik Barak Levin syndrome

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Hypothyroidism, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Hypothyroidism. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Hypothyroidism. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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