SPORADIC CRETINISM IN ONE OF TWINS

Abstract

The more important features to be presented here are: A review of the American literature shows the paucity of reports on sporadic cretinism in twins. Two cases were reported by Gordon¹ in a review of a series of three hundred and forty cases of myxedema in childhood in North America. In his series he cited one case reported by Charles Herrman,² in male twins, 6½ years of