%0 Journal Article
%T Cardiac Malformations in Congenital Hypothyroidism: A Case Report
%A Suzanne Sap
%A Gaelle Ntsoli
%A Jocelyn Tony
%A Ritha Mbono
%A Helene Kamo
%A David Chelo
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 279-284
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2024.142027
%X <strong>I</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>ntroduction: </strong></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Congenital hypothyroidism is
the most common cause</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> of</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> preventable mental retardation. It is associated
with other births defects like cardiac malformations. Descriptions in Sub
Saharan Africa are rare, justifying the present report.</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Case
Report: </span></b></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">We reported the cases of 3 female patients, diagnosed with
hypothyroidism, presenting in addition pulmonary stenosis. The diagnosis was
late in all the patients and we noticed clinical improvement </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">under levothyroxine.</span></span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion:</span></b></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Association congenital
hypothyroidis</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">m and cardiac defect is not rare. Our patients are female with no history
of consanguinity, presenting congenital hypothyroidism with a gland </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">in situ</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> associated with pulmonary
stenosis. Systematic screening of other births defects is thus recommended in
affected patients.</span></span></span>
%K Congenital Hypothyroidism
%K Cardiac Malformations
%K Children
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131699