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Radionuclide Imaging of Dual Ectopic Thyroid in a Preadolescent Girl

Author(s) -

Şule Yıldırım,

Hasan İkbal Atılgan,

Meliha Korkmaz,

Koray Demirel,

Gökhan Koca

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 2147-1959

pISSN - 2146-1414

DOI - 10.4274/mirt.46220

Subject(s) - thyroid , medicine , scintigraphy , ectopic thyroid , pertechnetate , nuclear medicine , endocrinology

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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