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Prolonged Icterus Neonatorum and Congenital Myxedema
Author(s) -
CHRISTENSEN J. FLAMAND
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1956.tb06884.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myxedema , pediatrics , congenital hypothyroidism , hormone , birth weight , physiology , pregnancy , thyroid , biology , genetics
Summary Among 11 cases of congenital myxedema, five had prolonged neonatal icterus of more than two months duration. It is assumed that the slow maturation of the organs in congenital myxedema results in a deepening and prolongation of a physiologic icterus. A prolonged physiologic icterus may consequently be the first sign of myxedema and in this way help in arriving at an early diagnosis. The 11 infants with congenital myxedema had an average birth weight of 3950 g, and 7 weighed between 4100 g and 4900 g. High birth weight was found among jaundiced as well as non‐icteric infants. It is assumed that a high birth weight with congenital myxedema can be due to a prenatal disturbance of the hormonal balance.