Cretinism is _____________: (A) Dispropoionate dwarfism, (B) Sho stature with long trunk, (C) Sho stature with sho trunk, (D) Long stature with long trunk
Answer is A. Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome, previously known as cretinism, is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth owing to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormone (congenital hypothyroidism) usually owing to maternal hypothyroidism. Results in Dispropoionate dwarfism Reference: GHAI Essential pediatrics, 8th edition