Usefulness of Hybrid Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography in a Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Thyroglossal Duct Remnant

Here, we report a case of a 54-year-old woman affected by thyrotoxicosis, with scintigraphic evidence of a diffuse hyperfunctioning goiter and a large ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant. The latter was apparently more active than the two lobes at (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigrap...

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Autores principales: Calandri, Enrico, Filippi, Luca, Alessandro, Francesco, Aretano, Ilaria, Pultrone, Mirco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8130679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34040314
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_43_20
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author Calandri, Enrico
Filippi, Luca
Alessandro, Francesco
Aretano, Ilaria
Pultrone, Mirco
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description Here, we report a case of a 54-year-old woman affected by thyrotoxicosis, with scintigraphic evidence of a diffuse hyperfunctioning goiter and a large ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant. The latter was apparently more active than the two lobes at (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy, mimicking a condition of preexisting increased sensitivity to thyroid-stimulating hormone stimulation. On the other hand, single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography has proven to be a very useful tool in demonstrating this activity to be similar to the thyroid lobes and in defining extension and anatomical relationships of the mass.
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spelling pubmed-81306792021-05-25 Usefulness of Hybrid Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography in a Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Thyroglossal Duct Remnant Calandri, Enrico Filippi, Luca Alessandro, Francesco Aretano, Ilaria Pultrone, Mirco Indian J Nucl Med Interesting Image Here, we report a case of a 54-year-old woman affected by thyrotoxicosis, with scintigraphic evidence of a diffuse hyperfunctioning goiter and a large ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant. The latter was apparently more active than the two lobes at (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy, mimicking a condition of preexisting increased sensitivity to thyroid-stimulating hormone stimulation. On the other hand, single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography has proven to be a very useful tool in demonstrating this activity to be similar to the thyroid lobes and in defining extension and anatomical relationships of the mass. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8130679/ /pubmed/34040314 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_43_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Usefulness of Hybrid Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography in a Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Thyroglossal Duct Remnant
title Usefulness of Hybrid Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography in a Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Thyroglossal Duct Remnant
title_full Usefulness of Hybrid Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography in a Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Thyroglossal Duct Remnant
title_fullStr Usefulness of Hybrid Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography in a Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Thyroglossal Duct Remnant
title_full_unstemmed Usefulness of Hybrid Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography in a Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Thyroglossal Duct Remnant
title_short Usefulness of Hybrid Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography in a Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Thyroglossal Duct Remnant
title_sort usefulness of hybrid single-photon emission computed tomography/ computed tomography in a case of ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant
topic Interesting Image
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8130679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34040314
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_43_20
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