. The practice of pediatrics. Fig. 110.—Cretin four yearsold. Never received thyroidtreatment. CRETINISM (INFANTILE MYXEDEMA; CRETINOID IDIOCY) 705. Fig. Ill.—Cretin three years old. mm Before treatment. Pathology.—In 16 autopsies collected by Fletcher Beach the glandwas absent in 14. In 100cases of Curling, Fagge,andIphophon the thyroidwas found absent in 25;in the other 75, variousconnective-tissue and col-loidal changes were ob-served. In endemic cre-tinism (not found in thiscountry, Osier) altera-tions are found in thethyroid consisting of par-tial or complete degen-eration, which may beei
. The practice of pediatrics. Fig. 110.—Cretin four yearsold. Never received thyroidtreatment. CRETINISM (INFANTILE MYXEDEMA; CRETINOID IDIOCY) 705. Fig. Ill.—Cretin three years old. mm Before treatment. Pathology.—In 16 autopsies collected by Fletcher Beach the glandwas absent in 14. In 100cases of Curling, Fagge,andIphophon the thyroidwas found absent in 25;in the other 75, variousconnective-tissue and col-loidal changes were ob-served. In endemic cre-tinism (not found in thiscountry, Osier) altera-tions are found in thethyroid consisting of par-tial or complete degen-eration, which may beeither atrophic or goi-trous in its inception;or, as Getzowa has des-cribed, cases are foundin which atrophic areasand goitrous degeneratednodules alternate in thesame gland. In sporadic cretinism there is usually congenital absence,while in infantile myxedema due to acquired loss or perversion of thyroid function in the early years ^^^^ of life the symptoms vary tm ^k according to the amounl of functional disturbance ofC the gland. According to Kocher, in myxedema there is always abolition of the y function of the gland, which £ at autops
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