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ArticleCureus2025

131-Radioiodine Therapy for Graves Disease in a Patient With Down Syndrome and Non-operable Congenital Heart Disease.

Ketki Ambulkar, Vyankatesh Shivane, Rohit Barnabas, Vikram Lele, Tushar Bandgar

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Ketki AmbulkarEndocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai, IND.
Vyankatesh ShivaneDiabetology and Endocrinology, Sadhana Diabesity Clinic, Mumbai, IND.
Rohit BarnabasEndocrinology, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai, IND.
Vikram LeleNuclear Medicine, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, IND.
Tushar BandgarEndocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid dysfunctions are prevalent in Down syndrome (DS), with hypothyroidism being the most frequent occurrence, whereas hyperthyroidism is rare. DS patients face an increased risk of comorbidities, including gastrointestinal, cardiac, and pulmonary anomalies, as well as developmental delays, endocrine abnormalities, and malignancies, complicating their treatment and management. The published data on pediatric hyperthyroidism in DS from India comprise five case reports with six patients. We report a case of a 13-year-old male child with DS with Graves disease (GD), who had inoperable congenital heart disease (CHD) and was administered iodine-131 radioiodine therapy as a definitive treatment for GD.

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congenital heart diseasedown syndromegraves diseaseiodine-131radioiodine therapy

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PMID40213761
PMCPMC11983660

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