Neck Swelling in a Newborn with Congenital Goiter

Congenital goiter presenting in the newborn period is very rare. We present a case of primary hypothyroidism presenting as congenital goiter in the newborn period with symptoms in the immediate postnatal life. Hormone replacement therapy was started leading to normal levels of free thyroxine and tri...

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Autores principales: Bagalkot, Praveen Shivayogappa, Parshwanath, Bharath Adligere, Joshi, Suhas N.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3761948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24027744
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.109247
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author Bagalkot, Praveen Shivayogappa
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Joshi, Suhas N.
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description Congenital goiter presenting in the newborn period is very rare. We present a case of primary hypothyroidism presenting as congenital goiter in the newborn period with symptoms in the immediate postnatal life. Hormone replacement therapy was started leading to normal levels of free thyroxine and triiodothyronine. In face of maternal normal thyroid levels, dysharmonogenesis was considered to be the most probable cause of hypothyroidism.
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spelling pubmed-37619482013-09-11 Neck Swelling in a Newborn with Congenital Goiter Bagalkot, Praveen Shivayogappa Parshwanath, Bharath Adligere Joshi, Suhas N. J Clin Neonatol Case Report Congenital goiter presenting in the newborn period is very rare. We present a case of primary hypothyroidism presenting as congenital goiter in the newborn period with symptoms in the immediate postnatal life. Hormone replacement therapy was started leading to normal levels of free thyroxine and triiodothyronine. In face of maternal normal thyroid levels, dysharmonogenesis was considered to be the most probable cause of hypothyroidism. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3761948/ /pubmed/24027744 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.109247 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Clinical Neonatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Neck Swelling in a Newborn with Congenital Goiter
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title_short Neck Swelling in a Newborn with Congenital Goiter
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3761948/
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