All issues > Volume 30(3); 1987

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1987;30(3):320-326. Published online March 31, 1987.

3 Cases of Congenital Hypothyroidism.

Chul Hwan Park¹, Moo Young Oh¹, Tae Gyu Hwang¹, Soon Yong Lee¹, Yeon Soon Kim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Inje Medical College, Pusan, Korea
²Department of Pediatrics, Pusan Christian Children "s Hospital, Pusan, Korea

Abstract

We observed 3 cases of congenital hypothyroidism. A 43-day-old girl, a 372-month-old boy and a 5-year-old girl were presented. The causes were thyroid agenesis of case I, defective TSH receptor (suspect) of case II and undetermined in case III respectively. The diagnosis was made by clinical manifestations, thyroid function test, A brief review of literatures was made.

Keywords :Congenital hypothyroidism.