PEDIATRICS Vol. 46 No. 4 October 1970, pp. 627-629
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Spontaneous Thyrotoxicosis in Infancy: Report of a Case

Lynne L. Levitsky M.D.1, Estrellita Trias M.D.1, and Milton S. Grossman M.D.1

1 University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201

A 7-month-old child with severe thyrotoxicosis of several month's duration is presented whose initial symptoms were gastrointestinal disturbances and poor weight gain. She is the sixth reported case of spontaneous hyperthyroidism in infancy and the first to be diagnosed chemically. She is also the first infant with spontaneous thyrotoxicosis to be treated with propyolthiouracil.