ESPE Abstracts (2022) 95 P1-598

ESPE2022 Poster Category 1 Thyroid (44 abstracts)

Retrospective analysis and literature review of five cases of thyroid hormone resistance syndrome caused by THRB gene mutation

Lidan Zhang 1 , Caiping Zhang 2 , Xiaoyan Chen 2 , Lei Ye 1 , Wenli Lu 1 , Zhiya Dong 1 , Wei Wang 1 , Xiaoyu Ma 1 & Yuan Xiao 1


1Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; 2Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China


Objective: To summarize the clinical characteristics, genetics and follow-up data of five children with thyroid hormone resistance syndrome (RTH) and review the related literatures.

Methods: The clinical data of the five children diagnosed with RTH in our hospital from 2018 to 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Next-generation sequencing of the candidate genes related to thyroid diseases was performed using the blood collected from all the children and their parents who signed an informed consent. Then, relevant cases were retrieved on medical literature databases for analysis and summary.

Results: Among the five cases, four cases of goiter; two cases of tachycardia, throb, personality change, hyperactivity, weight loss; one case of academic performance decline, and no hearing and vision loss were observed. Laboratory thyroid function tests indicated a mild increase in free triiodothyronine(FT3) and with or without increased free thyroxine(FT4) levels. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were normal or slightly elevated, but thyrotropin receptor autoantibodies were negative. Octreotide inhibition test showed that the TSH levels of all the children decreased by more than 50% compared with the basal value (the genes of four cases were positive). However, magnetic resonance imaging of the pituitary gland showed no abnormalities. Related gene detection in the children and their families showed that four cases had THRB mutations: two proband mutations were from their fathers, and two cases had de novo mutations. One patient was negative for genetic testing.

Conclusions: The clinical manifestations of pediatric RTH vary, and the diagnosis mainly depends on thyroid function tests. With the development of gene sequencing technology, heterozygous mutations in THRB are common, but not all children with RTH have mutations. Furthermore, octreotide inhibition tests cannot be used as a diagnostic criterion to distinguish RTH from pituitary tumors in children.

Volume 95

60th Annual ESPE (ESPE 2022)

Rome, Italy
15 Sep 2022 - 17 Sep 2022

European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology 

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