Persistent neonatal diabetes mellitus and primary congenital hypothyroidism : a hitherto unknown association

Abstract

We describe a -1-year-old boy who has persistent neonatal insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) with a documented decrease in endogenous insulin Secretory capacity. He also has aihyrcoiic primary Congenital hypothyroid ism. To our knowledge such an association ha* never been reported before. A brief review of the literature on the subject is presented.