A newborn with a goiter and thyroid dyshormonogenesis.
The report presents a case of a full-term male infant born with an enlarged anterior neck mass, of a healthy woman with normal thyroid function and negative thyroid antibodies. After treatment, his free thyroxine and total triiodothyronine levels normalized. A defect in thyroid hormone synthesis was considered the cause of the hypothyroidism.
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Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2699, USA.
D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism; D006042:Goiter / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine