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Macroglossia: An Uncommon Manifestation of Primary Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Teenage Child
Thyroid disorders are prevalent in the paediatric population and untreated hypothyroidism leads to several adverse consequences like mental retardation, neurological impairment, short stature, delayed puberty and increased morbidity. Owing to a wide range of non-specific clinical manifestations, one...
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Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442084 http://dx.doi.org/10.15605/jafes.032.01.08 |
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author | Gutch, Manish Annesh, Bhattacharjee Sukriti, Kumar Arpit, Gupta Rao, Singh Somendra |
author_facet | Gutch, Manish Annesh, Bhattacharjee Sukriti, Kumar Arpit, Gupta Rao, Singh Somendra |
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description | Thyroid disorders are prevalent in the paediatric population and untreated hypothyroidism leads to several adverse consequences like mental retardation, neurological impairment, short stature, delayed puberty and increased morbidity. Owing to a wide range of non-specific clinical manifestations, one must have a high index of suspicion for timely diagnosis and treatment of primary hypothyroidism. We describe the case of an adolescent girl who presented with short stature, delayed puberty and feeding difficulties owing to undiagnosed and subsequently untreated hypothyroidism. |
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spelling | pubmed-77841842021-01-12 Macroglossia: An Uncommon Manifestation of Primary Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Teenage Child Gutch, Manish Annesh, Bhattacharjee Sukriti, Kumar Arpit, Gupta Rao, Singh Somendra J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc Case Report Thyroid disorders are prevalent in the paediatric population and untreated hypothyroidism leads to several adverse consequences like mental retardation, neurological impairment, short stature, delayed puberty and increased morbidity. Owing to a wide range of non-specific clinical manifestations, one must have a high index of suspicion for timely diagnosis and treatment of primary hypothyroidism. We describe the case of an adolescent girl who presented with short stature, delayed puberty and feeding difficulties owing to undiagnosed and subsequently untreated hypothyroidism. Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies 2017-04-11 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC7784184/ /pubmed/33442084 http://dx.doi.org/10.15605/jafes.032.01.08 Text en © 2017 Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gutch, Manish Annesh, Bhattacharjee Sukriti, Kumar Arpit, Gupta Rao, Singh Somendra Macroglossia: An Uncommon Manifestation of Primary Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Teenage Child |
title | Macroglossia: An Uncommon Manifestation of Primary Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Teenage Child |
title_full | Macroglossia: An Uncommon Manifestation of Primary Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Teenage Child |
title_fullStr | Macroglossia: An Uncommon Manifestation of Primary Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Teenage Child |
title_full_unstemmed | Macroglossia: An Uncommon Manifestation of Primary Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Teenage Child |
title_short | Macroglossia: An Uncommon Manifestation of Primary Hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in a Teenage Child |
title_sort | macroglossia: an uncommon manifestation of primary hypothyroidism due to hashimoto's thyroiditis in a teenage child |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442084 http://dx.doi.org/10.15605/jafes.032.01.08 |
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