Congenital Nystagmus and Hypothyroidism

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Abstract
AN association between congenital nystagmus and hypothyroidism has not to our knowledge been suggested in the medical literature. Four patients have been seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital in whom both these disorders were present and probably dated from birth. Since all four enjoyed reasonably good vision the nystagmus was not of the sensory-defect type.1 This coincidence of two relatively rare abnormalities suggests that their association is pathogenetically meaningful.Case SummariesCase 1. In S.K. (M.G.H. 107–46–63), a girl, now 14 years of age, the diagnosis of hypothyroidism was made at 8 weeks of life, and she has since received . . .