Central Hypothyroidism

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Main causes Inheritable defects CPHDs  Pituitary transcription factor defects  LEPR or PROKR2 mutations Isolated CH  TSHβ, TRHR or IGSF1 mutations Invasive or compressive lesions Craniopharyngiomas Pituitary macroadenomas Meningiomas or gliomas…

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Subclinical Hypothyroidism

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Thyroid-related causes Systemic causes Hashimoto’s thyroiditis Diabetes mellitus Iodine deficiency Celiac disease Overtreatment of Graves’ disease Chronic renal failure Transient neonatal hyperthyrotropinemia Syndromes (Turner, Down …) Variations in genes of…

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Thyroid Embryogenesis

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Fig. 1.1 Early stage of mammalian development. Panel a: Schematic cross-section of a mammalian embryo after gastrulation. The position of three germ layers, ectoderm (brown), mesoderm (orange), and endoderm (green)…

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Autoimmune Thyroiditis

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Constitutional and environmental factors Clinical factors Female sex Antecedents of Graves’ disease Adolescent age Association with extra-thyroidal autoimmune diseases Familiarity for thyroid diseases  Iodine status alterations Association with Turner syndrome…

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Etiology of Congenital Hypothyroidism

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CH etiology Associated mutations TSH T3 and T4 A. Primary CH Thyroid dysgenesis PAX8 high low TTF2   NKX2.1   NKX2.5   Thyroid dyshormonogenesis NIS/SLC5A5 high low TPO   DUOX2, DUOXA2   Tg   DEHAL1/SECISBP2   SLC26A4  …

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Thyroid Enlargement from Newborn to Adolescent

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Congenital goiters Dyshormonogenesis  Iodine trapping defect (NIS-gene mutation)  Iodine organification defects (TPO, DUOX.DUOX2 gene muattions)  Pendred syndrome  Thyroglobulin biosynthesis defects  Iodotyrosine deiodinase defects (DEHAL1-gene mutation) Activating mutations of the TSH-receptor…

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