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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1956;38:1320-1322.
© 1956 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Thyroid Function in Legg-Perthes Disease

D. D. Beiler M.D.1 and W. H. Love M.D.1

1 Departments of Radiology and Orthopaedic Surgery, George F. Geisinger Memorial Hospital and Foss Clinic, Danville

The thyroid function of ten patients with Legg-Perthes disease was studied by means of clinical examination, chemical serum protein-bound-iodine determination, and twenty-four-hour thyroid uptakes. Salivary radioactive iodine concentration was also measured in seven of the ten patients.

Three patients had slightly elevated serum protein-bound-iodine levels, but the other tests and subsequent normal protein-bound-iodine determinations satisfactorily ruled out hyperthyroidism.

Two patients showed definite asymmetry of radioactive-iodine uptake in the thyroid gland. We cannot rule out the possibility of hyperfunctioning adenoma in these patients, but over-all thyroid function was normal.

There was no evidence of hypothyroidism in any of the patients.


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