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Introduction Central hypothyroidism (CeH) is a heterogeneous disorder characterised by reduced thyroid hormone (TH) secretion due to pituitary and/or hypothalamic disorders. There is insufficient stimulation of TH secretion from an otherwise
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Introduction Hypothyroidism indicates the pathological condition of thyroid hormone (TH) deficiency and when untreated, it can lead to severe health effects. Hypothyroidism can be categorised as primary (PHT) or central hypothyroidism (CHT
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Introduction Central hypothyroidism (CeH) is a disorder characterized by defective thyroid hormone production due to insufficient stimulation by thyrotropin (TSH) of an otherwise normal thyroid gland. This condition is the consequence of
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Introduction Congenital central hypothyroidism (CCH) may affect as many as one in 13,000 people ( 1 ). In CCH, thyroid hormone levels are low to low-normal without the expected increases in thyrotropin (TSH), implicating defects in the brain
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in patients with mild central CH ( 24 ). Several patients with central hypothyroidism due to mutations in TBL1X were only diagnosed as teenagers or adults having (although not formally tested) normal mental and physical development suggesting
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subsequently cleaved to result in a mature protein of 118 amino acids ( 1 ). TSHB mutations cause congenital non-goitrous hypothyroidism 4 (OMIM#275100), clinically presenting as profound central hypothyroidism, through loss of function mechanism. In
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, the child was supplemented with L-T 4 to prevent neurodevelopmental constraints due to central hypothyroidism. Given the long-lasting effect of fetal hyperthyroidism in TSH suppression, we were unsure whether the abnormalities in the regulation of TSH
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showed central hypothyroidism with decreased TSH (0.01 µU/mL, normal 0.27–4.20), fT4 (12.1 pmol/L, normal 13.0–23.0), and fT3 (3.09 pmol/L, normal 3.1–6.8). Consequently, the patient received 100 µg of levothyroxine daily; octreotide was not continued
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decreased hormone levels could be explained by the pathologic findings of follicular destruction. However, the low TSH level could be secondary to hypothalamus-pituitary dysfunction – this is reinforced by the findings of central hypothyroidism and central
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was treated according to the protocol. All except one patient in this series had primary hypothyroidism. Subject 6 had central hypothyroidism as part of hypopituitarism secondary to excision of pituitary macroadenoma. He came with myxedema coma