Two Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Congenital hypothyroidism is a neonatal disorder that late diagnosis and treatment of it can be resulted to mental retardation and irreversible brain damage. Neonatal goiter is a rare condition that can be associated with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. The aim of this r...

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Autor principal:	Farhadi R, Nakhshab M, Kosarian M
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Publicado:	Babol University of Medical Sciences 2011
Materias:	fetal goiter dyshormonogenesis neonatal goiter neonatal hypothyroidism Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7b724fda236f4511bf3e2721002d66252021-11-10T08:56:49ZTwo Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter1561-41072251-7170https://doaj.org/article/7b724fda236f4511bf3e2721002d66252011-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jbums.org/article-1-3876-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1561-4107https://doaj.org/toc/2251-7170BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Congenital hypothyroidism is a neonatal disorder that late diagnosis and treatment of it can be resulted to mental retardation and irreversible brain damage. Neonatal goiter is a rare condition that can be associated with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. The aim of this report is early diagnosis and treatment. CASE: In this article we report two female twins that had goiter and prenatal diagnosis by ultrasonography had been documented for them. At third days of life patients with diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism treated with Levothyroxin. Now they are 10 months old and developmentally normal. Size of goiter has been reduced and thyroid function tests are acceptable.CONCLUSION: Results of this report revealed that in conditions that prenatal management of fetal goiter is not available brain damage in patients can be prevented by early etiologic diagnosis of neonatal goiter and early treatment of dyshormonogenesis.Farhadi R, Nakhshab M, Kosarian MBabol University of Medical Sciencesarticlefetal goiterdyshormonogenesisneonatal goiterneonatal hypothyroidismMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENFAMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, Vol 13, Iss 5, Pp 73-77 (2011)
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spellingShingle	fetal goiter dyshormonogenesis neonatal goiter neonatal hypothyroidism Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Farhadi R, Nakhshab M, Kosarian M Two Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter
description	BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Congenital hypothyroidism is a neonatal disorder that late diagnosis and treatment of it can be resulted to mental retardation and irreversible brain damage. Neonatal goiter is a rare condition that can be associated with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. The aim of this report is early diagnosis and treatment. CASE: In this article we report two female twins that had goiter and prenatal diagnosis by ultrasonography had been documented for them. At third days of life patients with diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism treated with Levothyroxin. Now they are 10 months old and developmentally normal. Size of goiter has been reduced and thyroid function tests are acceptable.CONCLUSION: Results of this report revealed that in conditions that prenatal management of fetal goiter is not available brain damage in patients can be prevented by early etiologic diagnosis of neonatal goiter and early treatment of dyshormonogenesis.
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title	Two Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter
title_short	Two Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter
title_full	Two Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter
title_fullStr	Two Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter
title_full_unstemmed	Two Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter
title_sort	two cases of congenital hypothyroidism in two sets of twins with fetal goiter
publisher	Babol University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	2011
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Two Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism in Two Sets of Twins with Fetal Goiter

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