Normocytic Normochromic Anemia Revealed an Early Onset Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism in an Infant: A Case Report

Autoimmune thyroiditis is very rare etiology of primary hypothyroidism in infancy. Hypothyroidism has a wide range of clinical presentation, from subclinical hypothyroidism to overt type. It is unclear what pathological mechanisms connect thyroid function and erythropoiesis or how thyroid disease ca...

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Autores principales: Manal Mustafa Khadora, Maysa Saleh, Rawah Idres, Sura Ahmed Al-Doory, Mahmoud Ahmed Radaideh
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d82efc133f63476c940c8a0cb1d48c732021-11-11T10:40:46ZNormocytic Normochromic Anemia Revealed an Early Onset Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism in an Infant: A Case Report2571-726X10.1159/000519439https://doaj.org/article/d82efc133f63476c940c8a0cb1d48c732021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/519439https://doaj.org/toc/2571-726XAutoimmune thyroiditis is very rare etiology of primary hypothyroidism in infancy. Hypothyroidism has a wide range of clinical presentation, from subclinical hypothyroidism to overt type. It is unclear what pathological mechanisms connect thyroid function and erythropoiesis or how thyroid disease can contribute to anemia. We report a 12-month-old infant who presented with anemia associated with early onset of overt autoimmune thyroiditis. The peculiarity of our case enables us to draw attention of physician to consider acquired hypothyroidism in the differential diagnosis of unexplained anemia even if the neonatal screening is normal and congenital hypothyroidism is a remote possibility.Manal Mustafa KhadoraMaysa SalehRawah IdresSura Ahmed Al-DooryMahmoud Ahmed RadaidehKarger Publishersarticleacquired hypothyroidismautoimmune thyroiditiserythroblastopenianormocytic normochromic anemiahashimoto’s thyroiditisMedicineRENDubai Medical Journal, Pp 1-5 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic acquired hypothyroidism
autoimmune thyroiditis
erythroblastopenia
normocytic normochromic anemia
hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Medicine
R
spellingShingle acquired hypothyroidism
autoimmune thyroiditis
erythroblastopenia
normocytic normochromic anemia
hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Medicine
R
Manal Mustafa Khadora
Maysa Saleh
Rawah Idres
Sura Ahmed Al-Doory
Mahmoud Ahmed Radaideh
Normocytic Normochromic Anemia Revealed an Early Onset Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism in an Infant: A Case Report
description Autoimmune thyroiditis is very rare etiology of primary hypothyroidism in infancy. Hypothyroidism has a wide range of clinical presentation, from subclinical hypothyroidism to overt type. It is unclear what pathological mechanisms connect thyroid function and erythropoiesis or how thyroid disease can contribute to anemia. We report a 12-month-old infant who presented with anemia associated with early onset of overt autoimmune thyroiditis. The peculiarity of our case enables us to draw attention of physician to consider acquired hypothyroidism in the differential diagnosis of unexplained anemia even if the neonatal screening is normal and congenital hypothyroidism is a remote possibility.
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author Manal Mustafa Khadora
Maysa Saleh
Rawah Idres
Sura Ahmed Al-Doory
Mahmoud Ahmed Radaideh
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Maysa Saleh
Rawah Idres
Sura Ahmed Al-Doory
Mahmoud Ahmed Radaideh
author_sort Manal Mustafa Khadora
title Normocytic Normochromic Anemia Revealed an Early Onset Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism in an Infant: A Case Report
title_short Normocytic Normochromic Anemia Revealed an Early Onset Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism in an Infant: A Case Report
title_full Normocytic Normochromic Anemia Revealed an Early Onset Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism in an Infant: A Case Report
title_fullStr Normocytic Normochromic Anemia Revealed an Early Onset Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism in an Infant: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Normocytic Normochromic Anemia Revealed an Early Onset Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism in an Infant: A Case Report
title_sort normocytic normochromic anemia revealed an early onset hashimoto’s hypothyroidism in an infant: a case report
publisher Karger Publishers
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/d82efc133f63476c940c8a0cb1d48c73
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