New case of thyroid dysgenesis and clinical signs of hypothyroidism in Williams syndrome

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作者
Bini, R
Pela, I
机构
[1] Univ Florence, Dept Pediat, Clin Pediat 1, I-50121 Florence, Italy
[2] Osped Misericordia, Pediat Unit, Grosseto, Italy
关键词
Williams syndrome; thyroid dysgenesis; hypothyroidism;
D O I
10.1002/ajmg.a.20609
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The authors report a female presenting with congenital heart defects, liver hemangiomas, and facial dysmorphisms admitted to hospital at 3 months of age because of feeding difficulties and poor growth. She had hypotonia and. large tongue, "coarse" face, and umbilical hernia in presence of complex congenital cardiovascular malformations. In spite of normal neonatal screening we performed serum levels of thyroid hormones. Thyrotropin level was very high (>50 muU/ml; normal value 0.2-4 muU/ml), while serum free T-3 (FT3) and free T-4 (FT4) levels were normal (FT3 3.6 pg/ml, normal value 2.8-5.6 pg/ml; FT4 11.6 pg/ml, normal value 6.6-14 pg/ml); antithyroid autoantibodies were absent. Thyroid scintigraphy with sodium 99m Tc pertechnetate showed a small ectopic thyroid located in sublingual. position, so treatment with L-thyroxine 37.5 mug/24 hr was started with rapid improvement of the clinical picture. At 17 months of age the patient developed the complete characteristic phenotype of Williams syndrome (WS); the clinical diagnosis was proven by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis which showed hemizygous deletion of the elastin gene on chromosome 7. Recently a case of thyroid hemiagenesis in a child with WS has been reported; our patient underscores the association of hypothyroidism and WS. Moreover, our case shows that clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism maybe present and the treatment may be necessary as it is in isolated congenital hypothyroidism. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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