Radionuclide Imaging of Dual Ectopic Thyroid in a Preadolescent Girl

Ectopic thyroid is a congenital defect in which the thyroid gland is located away from the usual pretracheal location. Dual ectopic thyroid, which consists of two foci of thyroid tissue, is very rare. In this case dual ectopic thyroid with subclinical hypothyroidism in a 10-year-old-girl was reporte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yıldırım, Şule, Atılgan, Hasan İkbal, Korkmaz, Meliha, Demirel, Koray, Koca, Gökhan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4288225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25541934
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/mirt.46220
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Sumario:Ectopic thyroid is a congenital defect in which the thyroid gland is located away from the usual pretracheal location. Dual ectopic thyroid, which consists of two foci of thyroid tissue, is very rare. In this case dual ectopic thyroid with subclinical hypothyroidism in a 10-year-old-girl was reported. The absence of the thyroid gland in the pretracheal location was revealed by ultrasonography (USG). Two foci of ectopic thyroid tissue located at the base of the tongue and infrahyoid region were determined by Technetium-99m pertechnetate thyroid scintigraphy. It can be concluded that if the thyroid gland is not visible by USG, ectopic thyroid tissue should be evaluated with scintigraphy.

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