Severe hyponatremia and repeated intestinal resections for intestinal dysmotility mimicking congenital aganglionic megacolon due to delay in the diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism

• Main Authors: Gonul Buyukyilmaz (Author), Demet Baltu (Author), Tutku Soyer (Author), Murat Tanyıldız (Author), Huseyin Demirbilek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) may present with nonspecific signs and symptoms, though, majority of infants can be asymptomatic. Therefore, understimation and delay in diagnosis may result in severe complications. A 5-month-old female admitted to our clinic with the history of repeated surgical oper...