Erschienen in:
01.08.2014 | Scientific Letter
Congenital Hypothyroidism Presenting with Seizures and Pseudo-Hirschsprung’s Disease in Newborn
verfasst von:
Deepak Sharma, Srinivas Murki, G. Dhanraj
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 8/2014
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) is one of the most common preventable causes of mental retardation. Thyroid screening is done in an infant with post maturity, macrosomia, wide open posterior fontanel, prolonged unconjugate jaundice, constipation, poor feeding, hypotonia, hoarse cry, umbilical hernia, macroglossia and dry or edematous skin and in a child with growth delay and thyroid swelling [
1]. In this report, we describe a rare association of seizures and pseudo Hirschsprung’s disease with hypothyroidism in a neonate. …