Introduction: Congenital hypothyroidism is
the most common causes of preventable mental retardation. It is associated
with other births defects like cardiac malformations. Descriptions in Sub
Saharan Africa are rare, justifying the present report.Case
Report: 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 under levothyroxine.Conclusion: Association congenital
hypothyroidism and cardiac defect is not rare. Our patients are female with no history
of consanguinity, presenting congenital hypothyroidism with a gland in situ associated with pulmonary
stenosis. Systematic screening of other births defects is thus recommended in
affected patients.
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