Neonatal Thyrotoxicosis: A Case Report
Abstract
A case of neonatal thyrotoxicosis in a preterm female infant is described. During the second trimester of pregnancy, the patient's mother had Graves' disease that was controlled with combined carbimazole and propranolol therapy. The infant, with a birthweight of 1.510kg, developed clinical features of thyrotoxicosis at the age of 12 days. With an elevated serum thyroxine (T3) level of 8.1 mmol/L, the diagnosis was confirmed. The patient was successfully treated over a period of eight weeks with oral propranolol and diazepam as a sedative
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