All issues > Volume 23(7); 1980

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1980;23(7):550-556. Published online July 15, 1980.

Congenital Hypothyroidism.

Duk Hi Kim, Chang Ho Hong, Baek Keum Lim, Jung Sang Oh, Jung Soo Kim

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

We made a clinical observation of 17 cases of congenital Hypothyroidism at the Pediatric department of Yonsei University hospital in Seoul, Korea during the period from January, 1969 to August, 1979. The results were as followings : 1) Male to female sex was about 1 : 1.1, and 6 cases (35%) of congenital hypothyroid-sm were diagnosed under 1 year old. 2) In etiological classificattion, aplastic or hypoplastic glands was 7 cases (41.2%) and normal or enlarged gland, 6 cases (35.3%) and ectopic thyroid tissue, 4 cases (23.5%). 3) In all cases, height and bone age retarded below normal range. 4) All cases were improved slightly after receiving dessicated thyroid and sodium-1 thyroxin therapy. Three cases had regalned normal growth and development after 6 months of treatment.

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