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Cammareri, V. et al.

Cammareri, Vignati, Nocera, Beck-Peccoz, Persani,

Thyroid hemiagenesis and elevated thyrotropin levels in a child with Williams syndrome.

A girl with Williams syndrome ( WS) presented with elevated thyrotropin (TSH) levels (7.0 microU/ml), normal free thyroid hormone concentrations, and absent antithyroid autoantibodies. Thyroid ultrasonography and scintigraphy showed hemiagenesis of the left lobe and no evidence of ectopic tissue. TSH response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) injection (200 microg/mq, i.v.) was exaggerated and prolonged, suggesting subclinical hypothyroidism. The biological activity of circulating TSH was slightly below the normal range [TSH bioactivity (B) to immunoreactivity (I) ratio (TSH B/I) = 0.4, normal: 0.6-2.2]. These abnormalities are similar to those seen in patients with hypothalamic hypothyroidism. Thyroid function is not a recognized manifestation of WS and is not routinely investigated. However, abnormalities of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis and thyroid dysgenesis have been found in other WS cases. Genes mapping at 7q11.23, contiguous to the chromosomal region deleted in most WS patients, may be involved in the development of the thyroid gland, contributing to the complex phenotype of WS.[1]

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Thyroid hemiagenesis and elevated thyrotropin levels in a child with Williams syndrome. Cammareri, V., Vignati, G., Nocera, G., Beck-Peccoz, P., Persani, L. Am. J. Med. Genet. (1999) [Pubmed]

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