[Severe hyperlipidemia, secondary to hypothyroidism due to atrophic thyroiditis in a girl] Archivos argentinos de pediatría [Arch Argent Pediatr] Journal article | | Title | [Severe hyperlipidemia, secondary to hypothyroidism due to atrophic thyroiditis in a girl] | | Author(s) | Pacín M | | Institution | Clínica Materno Infantil San Lucas, Neuquén, Neuquén. mpacin@intramed.net | | Source | Arch Argent Pediatr 2009 Feb; 107(1):53-6. | | Abstract | We present a 5 years 8 months old girl with severe hyperlipidemia (high total cholesterol, and low density lipoprotein values, and also, ectopic fat pericardial deposit). She was treated with diet and cholestyramine, without diagnosis of her disease etiology. Growth detention, weight loss, retarded bone age and clinical signs of hypometabolism were recorded. Thyroid profile confirms hypothyroidism diagnosis. Based on positive anti-thyroid antibodies and clearly reduced thyroid volume, a diagnosis of autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis was made, a very unusual pathology in early infancy. Linear growth was affected by late diagnosis. | | Language | spa | | Pub Type(s) | English Abstract
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| | PubMed ID | 19350145 |
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