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Case Reports
. 2009 Jan:71 Suppl 1:93-7.
doi: 10.1159/000178047. Epub 2009 Jan 21.

Two puzzling cases of thyroid dysgenesis

P Kuehnen  1 , A Grueters, H Krude
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Case Reports

Two puzzling cases of thyroid dysgenesis

P Kuehnen et al. Horm Res. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

Background: In the last couple of years, different genes that play major roles in embryonic thyroid development have been identified. Several mutations, e.g., NKX2.1, FOXE1 and PAX8, were identified in patients with congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dysgenesis. However, the pathophysiology of most cases of thyroid dysgenesis remains unknown. Due to the sporadic occurrence and discordance observed in monozygotic twins, a classic genetic hypothesis for thyroid dysgenesis is improbable.

Case report: We present two pairs of monozygotic twins discordant for thyroid dysgenesis that exemplify these conceptual difficulties.

Conclusions: Identification of the epigenetic differences observed in monozygotic twins discordant for thyroid dysgenesis may be crucial in discovering the pathogenesis of thyroid dysgenesis.

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