?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+intriguing+autopsy+case+of+gangrene+intestine+&rft.creator=Patnayak%2C+Rashmi+Patnayak&rft.creator=Prayaga%2C+Aruna+K.+Prayaga&rft.creator=Reddy%2C+Rajasekhar+Reddy&rft.creator=S.V.N.%2C+S.V.N.+Anuradha&rft.creator=E.%2C+E.Jayashankar&rft.subject=Calicut+Medical+Journal&rft.description=Background%0A%0AHashimoto%E2%80%99s+thyroiditis+is+one+of+the+most+common+causes+of+hypothyroidism.+Hypothyroidism+is+a+known+cause+of+hyperlipidemia.+There+is+a+strong+correlation+between+coronary+and+mesenteric+vessel+atherosclerosis.+Acute+mesenteric+ischemia+is+a+cause+of+intestinal+hemorrhagic+infarction.+%0A%0ACase+history%0AWe+present+an+autopsy+case+of+35-year-old+male+who+presented+with+features+of+obstruction+and+edema+with+previously+undetected+hypothyroidism.%0A%0AConclusion%0A%0AHypothyroidism+++associated+with+atherosclerosis+can+lead+to+fatal+intestinal+gangrene+as+corroborated+by+this+autopsy+case.%0A%0AKey+words+%E2%80%93Hypothyroidism%2C+intestinal+gangrene%2C+autopsy%2C+atherosclerosis%0A&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5010%2F1%2Fe3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Patnayak%2C+Rashmi+Patnayak+and+Prayaga%2C+Aruna+K.+Prayaga+and+Reddy%2C+Rajasekhar+Reddy+and+S.V.N.%2C+S.V.N.+Anuradha+and+E.%2C+E.Jayashankar++(2006)+An+intriguing+autopsy+case+of+gangrene+intestine.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5010%2F