RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dietary restriction causing iodine-deficient goitre
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 784
OP 786
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308567
VO 100
IS 8
A1 Tim Cheetham
A1 Emma Plumb
A1 James Callaghan
A1 Michael Jackson
A1 Louise Michaelis
YR 2015
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/100/8/784.abstract
AB Iodine-deficient goitre was common in some parts of the UK prior to the introduction of salt iodisation. Many contemporary salt preparations do not contain much iodine, and there are renewed concerns about the iodine status of the population. We present a boy with severe allergy who developed goitre and significant thyroid dysfunction in association with an iodine-deficient ‘food-restricted’ diet. The case highlights the importance of a comprehensive nutritional assessment in all children on multiple food restrictions.