Metrorrhagia and precocious puberty revealing primary hypothyroidism in a child with Down's syndrome

Arch Dis Child. 2003 Apr;88(4):330-1. doi: 10.1136/adc.88.4.330.

Abstract

We report a child with Down's syndrome in whom metrorrhagia and precocious puberty revealed primary autoimmune hypothyroidism. The patient had a decreased growth velocity, exaggerated weight gain, bone age delay, and bilaterally enlarged multicystic ovaries. Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism can lead to this peculiar presentation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Down Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / complications*
  • Hypothyroidism / diagnosis
  • Metrorrhagia / etiology*
  • Puberty, Precocious / etiology*