Hashimoto's thyroiditis in Down's syndrome: clinical presentation and evolution.

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It was the aim of this study to describe the presentation and clinical course of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) in children with Down's syndrome (DS) in 2 Scottish health regions.

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Thyroid dysfunction in Down's syndrome: relation to age and thyroid autoimmunity.

G Annerén, Rita Gustafsson, G Hedov … (1998)

The prevalence of thyroid disease is increased in Down's syndrome. Most available data come from cross sectional studies. To study longitudinally thyroid function in patients with Down's syndrome in Uppsala county (85 patients) up to the age of 25 years. Observational study based on yearly follow up in a children's clinic. Thyroid function tests were performed at each visit to the clinic. Hypothyroidism was found in 30 and hyperthyroidism was found in two of the 85 patients. No sex difference was seen. Half of the patients with hypothyroidism acquired the condition before the age of 8 years, but only one of them displayed thyroid autoantibodies at diagnosis. Most patients who developed hypothyroidism after this age had thyroid autoantibodies. In the prepubertal patients with hypothyroidism, growth velocity was lower during the year before the start of thyroxine treatment than during the year after treatment began; it was also lower than that of sex and age matched euthyroidic children with Down's syndrome. Thyroid dysfunction in patients with Down's syndrome is common in childhood. Consequently, annual screening is important. Autoimmune thyroid disease is uncommon in young children with Down's syndrome but is common after 8 years of age.

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Abnormalities of thyroid function in infants with Down syndrome.

P Fort, F Lifshitz, R Bellisario … (1984)

We describe 12 of 1130 infants with Down syndrome in whom various degrees of thyroid dysfunction were detected by neonatal screening. These aberrations were confirmed subsequently in 11 patients. In eight of 11 children, persistent primary hypothyroidism, was diagnosed, whereas in the remaining three patients transient thyroid abnormalities were noted. The twelfth patient died and could not be retested. We found an incidence of persistent primary congenital hypothyroidism in infants with Down syndrome of 1:141, or about 28 times more than in the general population. The cause of thyroid aberrations in these infants remains unclear; none of the studied patients had agenesis or ectopia of the thyroid gland. On initial screening most infants with Down syndrome had only mild biochemical abnormalities, with gradual decompensation occurring thereafter. Infants with Down syndrome are therefore at high risk for congenital hypothyroidism and should have careful follow-up to prevent further deterioration of their mental development or growth.

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Increased incidence of congenital malformations in children with transient thyroid-stimulating hormone elevation on neonatal screening.

G.A. Oakley, T Muir, M. Ray … (1998)

We investigated the incidence of congenital malformation in all infants with raised thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels on neonatal screening in Scotland between August 1979 and December 1993. Of 344 infants with elevated TSH, 31 (9%) had one or more malformations: 12 cardiac 15 noncardiac, and 16 dysmorphic syndromes (including 5 with Down syndrome). Criteria were devised to distinguish between definite or probable congenital hypothyroidism and transient TSH elevation. Congenital hypothyroidism was considered definite in 224 (65.1%) infants and probable in 11 (3.2%). Eighty-eight (25.6%) infants had transient TSH elevation, whereas thyroid status was uncertain in 21 (6.1%). In the definite group 12 (5.4%) infants had one or more malformations compared with 13 (14.8%) in the transient group. Cardiac malformation, noncardiac malformation, dysmorphic syndromes, and "sickness" were much more frequent in the transient compared with the definite group: 5.7% versus 1.8%, 8.0% versus 1.8%, 6.8% versus 2.7%, and 37.5% versus 7.1%, respectively. The incidence of congenital malformation in bonafide congenital hypothyroidism is lower than has been previously reported. The high incidence of congenital malformation associated with transient TSH elevation indicates the need to reevaluate the diagnosis of hypothyroidism in all infants with TSH elevation and concurrent illness or malformation.