Abstract:Hepatic hemangioma is a commonly encountered benign vascular tumour of liver during infancy. Acquired hypothyroidism is one of the rare manifestation of this entity. We report a 4-month-old infant born to a diabetic mother who developed acquired hypothyroidism not responding to treatment due to multiple hepatic hemangiomas. The mechanism behind is increased type 3 deiodinase activity due to hemangiomas of liver, which catalyses conversion of T4 to rT3 and T3 to T2. Hemangiomas were successfully treated with pr… Show more
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