Gutch Manish, Annesh Bhattacharjee, Sukriti Kumar, Arpit Gupta, Rao Singh Somendra
Department of Medicine, King George's Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Radiodiagnosis, King George's Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc. 2017;32(1):47-49. doi: 10.15605/jafes.032.01.08. Epub 2017 Apr 11.
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.
甲状腺疾病在儿科人群中很常见,未经治疗的甲状腺功能减退会导致多种不良后果,如智力迟钝、神经功能损害、身材矮小、青春期延迟和发病率增加。由于临床表现广泛且不具特异性,对于原发性甲状腺功能减退的及时诊断和治疗,必须保持高度的怀疑指数。我们描述了一名青春期女孩的病例,她因未被诊断出且随后未得到治疗的甲状腺功能减退而出现身材矮小、青春期延迟和喂养困难。