19 January 2026
: Case report
Delayed Diagnosis of Ectopic Thyroid Due to Ignored Borderline Result of Newborn Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism
Mistake in diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Rare disease, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons
Ibrahim Al Alwan ABCDEF 1,2,3*, Kawther Ibrahim Alhawsawi ABCDEF 3DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.948708
Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e948708
Figure 3 Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels (y-axis) over the course of patient follow-up (x-axis) after initiation of levothyroxine therapy. Variations in TSH levels reflect the patient’s medication adherence during management and follow-up.






