Neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the TRbeta gene (M313T).
We report two unusual cases of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) in one family. The first case, a male infant, had clinical features of thyrotoxicosis in the neonatal period. In the fourth week of life weight gain was poor despite a daily intake of standard infant formula almost double the infant&...
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| author | Blair, J Mohan, U Larcher, V Rajanayagam, O Burrin, J Perry, L Grossman, AB Chatterjee, V Savage, M |
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| description | We report two unusual cases of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) in one family. The first case, a male infant, had clinical features of thyrotoxicosis in the neonatal period. In the fourth week of life weight gain was poor despite a daily intake of standard infant formula almost double the infant's estimated requirements. At this time serum free T4 (fT4) was 60.7 pmol/l (Normal range [NR] 11-25 pmol/l) and TSH was inappropriately normal at 1.8 mU/l (NR 0.3-4.0 mU/l). The infant responded clinically and biochemically to propylthiouracil (PTU) at a dose of 10 mg/kg/day. Following 27 days of treatment serum fT4 was 22.6 pmol/l and TSH had risen to 24.9 mU/l. As the infant was thriving treatment was discontinued. The infant, now aged 6 months old, remains clinically euthyroid and developmentally normal off treatment. The infant's mother, from whom he had inherited a mutation of the thyroid receptor beta (TRbeta) gene (M313T), presented earlier with secondary infertility and clinical features of thyrotoxicosis. Treatment with PTU restored her fertility and she spontaneously conceived. In the subsequent pregnancy, clinical and biochemical features of RTH improved, and she gave birth to a small but healthy female infant. In the next pregnancy, resulting in the birth of the affected male infant, clinical and biochemical features of RTH worsened, and high doses of PTU were required to maintain a clinically euthyroid state. To our knowledge, these are the first case reports of RTH associated with added features of a hypermetabolic state in infancy and secondary infertility. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ffb24d08-e97d-492e-a91c-54cb1b2cc6f32022-03-27T13:46:55ZNeonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the TRbeta gene (M313T).Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ffb24d08-e97d-492e-a91c-54cb1b2cc6f3EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2002Blair, JMohan, ULarcher, VRajanayagam, OBurrin, JPerry, LGrossman, ABChatterjee, VSavage, MWe report two unusual cases of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) in one family. The first case, a male infant, had clinical features of thyrotoxicosis in the neonatal period. In the fourth week of life weight gain was poor despite a daily intake of standard infant formula almost double the infant's estimated requirements. At this time serum free T4 (fT4) was 60.7 pmol/l (Normal range [NR] 11-25 pmol/l) and TSH was inappropriately normal at 1.8 mU/l (NR 0.3-4.0 mU/l). The infant responded clinically and biochemically to propylthiouracil (PTU) at a dose of 10 mg/kg/day. Following 27 days of treatment serum fT4 was 22.6 pmol/l and TSH had risen to 24.9 mU/l. As the infant was thriving treatment was discontinued. The infant, now aged 6 months old, remains clinically euthyroid and developmentally normal off treatment. The infant's mother, from whom he had inherited a mutation of the thyroid receptor beta (TRbeta) gene (M313T), presented earlier with secondary infertility and clinical features of thyrotoxicosis. Treatment with PTU restored her fertility and she spontaneously conceived. In the subsequent pregnancy, clinical and biochemical features of RTH improved, and she gave birth to a small but healthy female infant. In the next pregnancy, resulting in the birth of the affected male infant, clinical and biochemical features of RTH worsened, and high doses of PTU were required to maintain a clinically euthyroid state. To our knowledge, these are the first case reports of RTH associated with added features of a hypermetabolic state in infancy and secondary infertility. |
| spellingShingle | Blair, J Mohan, U Larcher, V Rajanayagam, O Burrin, J Perry, L Grossman, AB Chatterjee, V Savage, M Neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the TRbeta gene (M313T). |
| title | Neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the TRbeta gene (M313T). |
| title_full | Neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the TRbeta gene (M313T). |
| title_fullStr | Neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the TRbeta gene (M313T). |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the TRbeta gene (M313T). |
| title_short | Neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the TRbeta gene (M313T). |
| title_sort | neonatal thyrotoxicosis and maternal infertility in thyroid hormone resistance due to a mutation in the trbeta gene m313t |
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