Abstract
Thyrotoxicosis is one of the rare disorders diagnosed in childhood and adolescence. The most frequent cause is Graves disease. One of the Graves' disease complications is thyroid-associated orbitopathy. A 2-year-old girl was referred to our hospital for decreased weight gain. Her physical examination was normal except for a palpable thyroid tissue and exophtalmia. After laboratory examination, she was referred to the departments of nuclear medicine and radiology for the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism and Graves ophthalmia. When evaluated with the physical examination, laboratory and imaging results the patient was diagnosed as Graves' disease with orbital involvement. So the patient was taken on methimazole treatment. Conflict of interest:None declared.
Highlights
Normal child development is influenced by thyroid hormones
Graves’ disease and infiltrative ophthalmopathy are described for the first time in 1835 and are mostly seen in adults
After physical and laboratory examination, she was referred to departments of nuclear medicine and radiology for thyroid scintigraphy and ultrasonographic evaluation. She had Graves’ disease is a thyrotoxicosis associated with goiter, exophthalmia, tachycardia and hyperactivity
Summary
Hülya Yalçın1, Bülent Akçora2, Ali Balcı3 1Mustafa Kemal University School of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hatay, Turkey 2Mustafa Kemal University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hatay, Turkey 3Mustafa Kemal University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hatay, Turkey
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