Delayed Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism in a 6-month-old Male Infant in Tamale, Ghana

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Abdul Mumin Alhassan; Bimpong Kingsley A.; Ameyaw Emmanuel

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Journal: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CLINICAL MEDICINE Year:2021 | Volume:9 | Issue:1 Page(s): 0-0

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Delayed Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism in a 6-month-old Male Infant in Tamale, Ghana

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Abdul Mumin Alhassan | Bimpong Kingsley A. | Ameyaw Emmanuel | Issue Writer Certificate

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Congenital hypothyroidism

Delayed diagnosis

Low resource setting

Abstract

Congenital hypothyroidism is a common inborn endocrine disorder. The majority of cases are asymptomatic, meaning that its diagnosis may be missed especially in settings where newborn screening is absent. We present a Delayed diagnosis case of Congenital hypothyroidism and emphasize on the need for high levels of suspicion in order to aid prompt diagnosis and treatment. Our case is a 3 years and 4 months old male, who was first presented at 5 months of age due to poor growth. He passed meconium after the fourth day of life, developed jaundice in the first week of life, and slept a lot in his neonatal period. He had coarse faces, protruding tongue, widened anterior fontanelle and herniation of umbilicus. He was started on oral 50 micrograms of levothyroxine daily. In resource-limited settings where universal newborn screening is absent, healthcare workers should have a high level of suspicion in picking up the early signs of the condition.

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Abdul Mumin, Alhassan, Bimpong, Kingsley A., & Ameyaw, Emmanuel. (2021). Delayed Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism in a 6-month-old Male Infant in Tamale, Ghana. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CLINICAL MEDICINE, 9(1), 0-0. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/969155/en

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Abdul Mumin Alhassan, Bimpong Kingsley A., Ameyaw Emmanuel. Delayed Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism in a 6-month-old Male Infant in Tamale, Ghana. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CLINICAL MEDICINE[Internet]. 2021;9(1):0-0. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/969155/en

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Alhassan Abdul Mumin, Kingsley A. Bimpong, and Emmanuel Ameyaw, “Delayed Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism in a 6-month-old Male Infant in Tamale, Ghana,” JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CLINICAL MEDICINE, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 0–0, 2021, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/969155/en

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