Hi all!
I fw to the list to help a couple of LLL collegues here in Italy.

 We have recently encountered two cases for which we could find no clear 
 reference in the literature available to us:
 case 1: a mother without thyroid
 case 2: a mother without thyroid and parathyroid glands
 
Do you know:
 
 - with respect to case1, if it is possible to consider it a normal case 
 of hypothyroidism, or if the complete absence of the thyroid gland has 
 consequences which cannot be compensated by administration of 
levothyroxin. In particular the mother is concerned about calcium 
 absorption and osteoporosis;

 - with respect to case 2, if breastfeeding is at all possible, and above 
 all, if you know of mothers without parathyroid glands who succesfully 
 breastfed.
 
 Thank you for your help,
Martina, Micaela and Antonella
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