Rectal Atresia and Congenital Hypothyroidism: An Association or Coincidence?

Rectal atresia is a rare anorectal malformation, and its association with other anomalies is even more rare. This study presents a unique case of co-twin in which the surviving newborn male underwent surgery due to rectal atresia. Newborn screening tests identified congenital hypothyroidism. The sur...

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Autor principal: Mehmetoğlu, Feride
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5762197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29326865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1612610
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description Rectal atresia is a rare anorectal malformation, and its association with other anomalies is even more rare. This study presents a unique case of co-twin in which the surviving newborn male underwent surgery due to rectal atresia. Newborn screening tests identified congenital hypothyroidism. The surgical treatment consisted of three stages and thyroid hormones were replaced.
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spelling pubmed-57621972018-01-11 Rectal Atresia and Congenital Hypothyroidism: An Association or Coincidence? Mehmetoğlu, Feride European J Pediatr Surg Rep Rectal atresia is a rare anorectal malformation, and its association with other anomalies is even more rare. This study presents a unique case of co-twin in which the surviving newborn male underwent surgery due to rectal atresia. Newborn screening tests identified congenital hypothyroidism. The surgical treatment consisted of three stages and thyroid hormones were replaced. Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018-01 2018-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5762197/ /pubmed/29326865 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1612610 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Rectal Atresia and Congenital Hypothyroidism: An Association or Coincidence?
title_full Rectal Atresia and Congenital Hypothyroidism: An Association or Coincidence?
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title_short Rectal Atresia and Congenital Hypothyroidism: An Association or Coincidence?
title_sort rectal atresia and congenital hypothyroidism: an association or coincidence?
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