[Neonatal hyperthyroidism and maternal Graves disease].
The onset of Graves disease during pregnancy exposes the neonate to the risk of hyperthyroidism. The newborn must be monitored and treatment modalities known to ensure early treatment of the newborn. We report on the case of an infant born at term of a mother with Graves disease discovered during pregnancy. He was asymptomatic during the first days of life, before declaring the disease. Neonatal hyperthyroidism was confirmed by hormonal assays. Hyperthyroidism was treated with antithyroid drugs and propranolol with a satisfactory clinical and biological course. Neonatal hyperthyroidism should be systematically sought in infants born to a mother with Graves disease. The absence of clinical signs during the first days of life does not exclude the diagnosis. The duration of monitoring should be decided according to the results of the first hormonal balance tests.
Service de réanimation et de médecine néonatale, centre de maternité et de néonatalogie, EPS Fattouma-Bourguiba, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie. Electronic address: karim_bam@yahoo.fr.
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Ben Ameur
Service de réanimation et de médecine néonatale, centre de maternité et de néonatalogie, EPS Fattouma-Bourguiba, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
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Chioukh
Service de médecine interne-endocrinologie, EPS Fattouma-Bourguiba, faculté de médecine de Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
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Marmouch
Service de réanimation et de médecine néonatale, centre de maternité et de néonatalogie, EPS Fattouma-Bourguiba, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
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Ben Hamida
Service de réanimation et de médecine néonatale, centre de maternité et de néonatalogie, EPS Fattouma-Bourguiba, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
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Service de réanimation et de médecine néonatale, centre de maternité et de néonatalogie, EPS Fattouma-Bourguiba, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
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D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications