Immediate postnatal central hypothyroidism caused by maternal Graves' disease: Importance of early screening

This report illustrates a case of central hypothyroidism in a newborn immediately after birth caused by maternal Graves' disease. Infants from mothers with Graves' disease require careful examination without waiting for neonatal screening results, even though the mother's thyroid function is normal at birth or the newborn does not have goiter. Infants from mothers with Graves' disease require careful examination without waiting for neonatal screening results, even though the mother's thyroid function is normal at birth or the newborn does not have goiter. This figure shows a situation of infants born to mothers who are untreated until mid‐pregnancy and receive antithyroid drugs and/or potassium iodide treatment in late pregnancy.