HYPERTHYROIDISM OCCURRING AT AN EARLY AGE IN DISSIMILAR TWINS
Authors: J Z BOWERS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Case Reports1 November 1948HYPERTHYROIDISM OCCURRING AT AN EARLY AGE IN DISSIMILAR TWINSJOHN Z. BOWERS, M.D.JOHN Z. BOWERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-29-5-935 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHyperthyroidism is a disease which may occur during childhood and adolescence. Pemberton and Black1have reported 189 children of 14 years and under who were observed at the Mayo Clinic while suffering from this disease. Over 80 per cent of their patients were between the ages of 10 and 14 years, and they found the disease to be rare before the age of nine years. A perusal of the literature reveals a sufficient number of articles on the subject to justify a brief discussion of the salient points of the disease in childhood and adolescence before presentation of the two...Bibliography1. PEMBERTONBLACK JDBM: Symposium on surgical lesions of the thyroid; goiter in children, Surgery, 1944, xvi, 756-763. Google Scholar2. BRAM I: Exophthalmic goiter in children. Comments based upon 128 cases in patients of 12 and under, Arch. Pediat., 1937, liv, 419-424. Google Scholar3. KENNEDY RL: Surgical and medical treatment of exophthalmic goitre of children, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1940, lx, 677-684. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MOOLTENBURGER RRM: Exophthalmic goiter of the juvenile type. A survey of literature on familial aspects of this disease and report of 2 additional cases, Arch. Surg., 1942, xlv, 623-632. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HELMHOLTZ HF: Exophthalmic goiter in childhood, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1926, lxxxvii, 157-162. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. KENNEDY RL: The thyroid gland. In BRENNEMAN, J.: Prac. Pediat., 1937, W. F. Prior Co., Inc., Hagerstown, Md., vol. I, chap. 38, pp. 1-43. Google Scholar7. HERTZGALLI-MAININI SC: Effect of thyroid hormone on growth in thyrotoxic and myxedematous children and adolescents, Jr. Clin. Endocrinol., 1941, i, 518-522. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BEILBYMCCLINTOCK GEJC: Hyperthyroidism in children, New York State Jr. Med., 1937, xxxvii, 563-568. Google Scholar9. CRILECRILE GG: Hyperthyroidism in children under 5 years of age. Report of 4 cases, Am. Jr. Surg., 1937, xxxvii, 389-395. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. BURKE FG: Thyrotoxicosis in a child managed with thiouracil, Med. Ann. D. C., 1945, xiv, 108. Google Scholar11. BLACKWEBSTER JBB: Hyperthyroidism in the adolescent. Analysis of 18 cases under 18 years of age, Jr. Clin. Endocrinol., 1941, i, 859-871. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. CATTELL RB: Diseases of thyroid in children, West. Jr. Surg., 1933, xli, 516-523. Google Scholar13. DINSMORE RS: Hyperthyroidism in children, a review of 57 cases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcviii, 636-638. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. WARRENSHPINER SL: Primary hyperplasia of the thyroid in one of stillborn twins, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937 cix, 575. Google Scholar15. WHITE C: Fetus with congenital hereditary Graves' disease, Jr. Obst. and Gynec. Brit. Emp., 1912, xxi, 231. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. OCHSNERTHOMPSON AJRL: The surgery and pathology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, 1910, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, Mo., p. 192. Google Scholar17. GOULDROBERTSON EPJD: Primary subtotal thyroidectomy for Graves' disease in a child 4 years of age, Brit. Jr. Surg., 1938, xxv, 700-704. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. KLAPPER H: Exophthalmic goitre in a child 5 years of age, Internat. Clin., 1939, ii, 234-242. Google Scholar19. NEFF FC: Exophthalmic goiter in identical twin girls, Jr. Pediat., 1932, i, 239-242. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. FIFE JK: Diffuse toxic goiter occurring in a pair of identical twins. Frank Howard Lahey Birthday Volume, 1940, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill., p. 169. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Received for publication November 4, 1946.From the Endocrine Clinic, University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., and the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHL-A et maladie de Basedow 1 November 1948Volume 29, Issue 5Page: 935-941KeywordsAdolescentsChildrenHospital medicineHyperthyroidismSurgeonsTwins ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...