Severe consumptive hypothyroidism caused by multiple infantile hepatic haemangiomas
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DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2018-0055
Abstract: Abstract Background Infantile hepatic haemangiomas (IHHs) produce an excess of the thyroid hormone inactivating enzyme type-3 iodothyronine deiodinase (D3), leading to rapid degradation of thyroid hormones and consumptive hypothyroidism. The L-thyroxine replacement dose in patients… read more here.
Keywords: hypothyroidism; infantile hepatic; consumptive hypothyroidism; hepatic haemangiomas ... See more keywords