EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER IN A BOY TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS OF AGE
- 1 April 1937
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 53 (4) , 1039
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1937.04140110109011
Abstract
In 1923 Cowden1 was unable to find in the literature a report of hyperthyroidism in a boy under 10 years of age, but since that time several such reports have appeared. Helmholtz2 cited the case of a boy aged 3 years who had had symptoms of hyperthyroidism since the age of 11 months. The same author, in reporting 30 cases of exophthalmic goiter in children under 14 years of age, found that the incidence in boys was extremely low as compared with that in girls. In his series there were only 4 boys as compared with 26 girls. Elliot3 reported hyperthyroidism in a girl 2½ years old on whom an operation was performed at the age of 2 years and 10 months. After preliminary ligations, a right subtotal lobectomy was successfully performed, and the patient obtained complete relief from all symptoms. The onset of hyperthyroidism had beenKeywords
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