Kids can have an overactive thyroid even if their TSH blood test looks normal, especially if they have a small overactive lump in the thyroid that makes hormones on its own.

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Solitary hyperfunctioning thyroid adenoma in a child. Elevated T3 and T4 levels with normal TSH level.

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1975 Dec 22

The study found a child with an overactive thyroid nodule making too much thyroid hormone, even though the hormone that usually controls it (TSH) was normal. This matches exactly what the claim says can happen.

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Solitary hyperfunctioning thyroid adenoma in a child. Elevated T3 and T4 levels with normal TSH level.

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DOI: 10.1001/JAMA.1975.03260250045027

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