Open AccessSonographic demonstration of a normal thyroid gland excludes ectopic thyroid in patients with thyroglossal duct cyst.
Author(s) -
Jennifer E. Lim-Dunham,
Kate A. Feinstein,
David K. Yousefzadeh,
Tamar BenAmi
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.164.6.7754899
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroglossal duct , thyroid , ectopic thyroid , thyroglossal cyst , cyst , anatomy , radiology
Preoperative thyroid scintigraphy has been performed in patients with presumed thyroglossal duct cyst to document a normal thyroid and to exclude the possibility of an ectopic thyroid mimicking a thyroglossal duct cyst. Often, an ectopic thyroid is the patient's only functioning thyroid tissue, and its removal will result in hypothyroidism. The purpose of this study was to determine whether demonstration of a normal thyroid gland by sonography in children with thyroglossal duct cyst can exclude ectopic thyroid and thereby obviate routine preoperative thyroid scintigraphy.