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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

The thyroid gland ultrasonography may be helpful in the diagnosis of cretinism. Findings on an ultrasound suggestive of cretinism include a thyroid gland in an ectopic location or a large gland which is suggestive of thyroid dyshormonogenesis.

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References

  1. Muir A, Daneman D, Daneman A, Ehrlich R (1988). "Thyroid scanning, ultrasound, and serum thyroglobulin in determining the origin of congenital hypothyroidism". Am J Dis Child. 142 (2): 214–6. PMID 3277393.
  2. Ohnishi H, Sato H, Noda H, Inomata H, Sasaki N (2003). "Color Doppler ultrasonography: diagnosis of ectopic thyroid gland in patients with congenital hypothyroidism caused by thyroid dysgenesis". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 88 (11): 5145–9. doi:10.1210/jc.2003-030743. PMID 14602741.

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