## Objective: To report hyperthyroidism as a cause of unexpected weight gain during the course of anorexia nervosa (an). ## Method: A case report and review of the literature. ## Results: A 42-year-old woman with a 27-year history of an had involuntary weight gain when she became hyperthyroid,
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in anorexia nervosa: A case report and review of the literature on pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax
✍ Scribed by Achim Hochlehnert; Bernd Löwe; Hans-Bernd Bludau; Mathias Borst; Stephan Zipfel; Wolfgang Herzog
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-4133
- DOI
- 10.1002/erv.1002
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