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Course of the mother's pregnancy. She was in a state of thyrotoxicosis, when she
visited our hospital at 14 wk of gestation. After that, it was difficult to control
her thyroid function. We diagnosed fetal Graves' disease at 28 wk gestation. At 35
wk and 4 d of gestation, the mother underwent an emergency cesarean section due to a
breech presentation.
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At 35 wk and 4 d of gestation, the mother was hospitalized for the onset of labor and underwent an emergency cesarean section due to a breech presentation (Fig. 1).
A: enlargement of the thyroid gland. His thyroid gland enlargement from birth. B:
marked increase in thyroid blood flow. The blood flow of the thyroid gland was
diffusely increased.
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Cervical region: enlargement of the thyroid gland was observed (Fig. 2A).