This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Growth and development, Subject name: Pediatrics
Cretinism is _____________ 
Select and explain. 
A. Dispropoionate dwarfism, B. Sho stature with long trunk, C. Sho stature with sho trunk, D. Long stature with long trunk
A: Dispropoionate dwarfism
Answer: A: Dispropoionate dwarfism 
Explanation: 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