Abstract

AMONG the many symptoms and signs of congenital or early infantile myxedema, and described many years ago, is umbilical hernia. Its reduction or even complete disappearance, solely from the administration of thyroid substance, is demonstrated clearly in the accompanying photographs of the following cases.

Case I, M. M. (University of California Hospital, O. P. D., No. U 53747). This girl was normally delivered at term. Her mother was not thought to have suffered from any iodine deficiency, metabolic disturbance or endocrinopathy. The pregnancy and birth occurred in a region where goiter is not endemic and the child was reared there.

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