从1979年开始,在日本全国范围内开展了用乾燥滤纸血大规模地筛查先天性甲状腺机能低下症。至1982年12月止,仅鹿儿岛县,普查总数已达78153例,其中重点调查对象30例,有16例诊断为先天性甲状腺机能低下症并接受着治疗。此次作者报告一例有机化障碍所致的先天性甲状腺机能低下症并在实行T_4和乾燥甲状腺粉替代疗法中自行缓解的病儿。 Since 1979, large-scale screening of congenital hypothyroidism with dry filter paper has been carried out throughout Japan. As of December 1982, in Kagoshima Prefecture alone, the total number of censuses reached 78,153, of which 30 were the key respondents and 16 were diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism and were treated. The authors report a case of congenital hypothyroidism due to organic disorder and self-remission in patients with T_4 and dry thyroid powder replacement therapy.