RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Microfollicular thyroid adenoma and congenital goitrous hypothyroidism.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1294
OP 1295
DO 10.1136/adc.67.10.1294
VO 67
IS 10
A1 A J Alabbasy
A1 L Delbridge
A1 R Eckstein
A1 C Cowell
A1 M Silink
YR 1992
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/10/1294.abstract
AB Three patients with congenital goitrous hypothyroidism are reported. They were treated with adequate thyroxine replacement and developed well defined microfollicular thyroid adenomas despite being euthyroid clinically and biochemically throughout their clinical course. Patients with congenital goitrous hypothyroidism appear to be at increased risk of developing thyroid adenoma in childhood despite the use of replacement thyroxine treatment in physiological doses.