[Graves' disease in patients with Down syndrome]. / Enfermedad de Graves en pacientes con síndrome de Down.
An Pediatr (Barc)
; 58(1): 63-6, 2003 Jan.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12628122
ABSTRACT
Three patients showing the rare association of Down syndrome and Graves' disease are reported. While two of the patients were asymptomatic, the third showed goiter, nervousness, weight loss, and tachycardia. In addition to the typical features of hyperthyroidism, this patient showed right heart failure and hypertransaminasemia, which disappeared with antithyroid treatment. Because Graves' disease is rare in children, and the clinical presentation was unusual in one of our patients, we report three patients with Graves' disease and Down syndrome, and emphasize the importance of periodic evaluation of thyroid function in children with Down syndrome not only to detect hypothyroidism.
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Assunto principal:
Doença de Graves
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Síndrome de Down
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article