Atrophic, autoimmune thyroiditis in infancy. A case report.
Autoimmune thyroiditis in infancy is a very rare condition. Only 1 case has been reported previously. In the present patient an acquired primary hypothyroidism with high titers of thyroid microsomal antibodies was diagnosed at the age of 7 months. The patient died at 9 months of age in a sepsis-like condition. Autopsy revealed an atrophic thyroiditis. The more severe and complex clinical picture of autoimmune thyroiditis in infancy compared to that later in childhood is discussed.
Ostergaard
G Z
GZ
Department of Paediatrics, Roskilde Hospital, Denmark.
Jacobsen
B B
BB
D001284:Atrophy; D003241:Consanguinity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology