Hybrid SPECT/CT Helps Characterization and Localization of a Dual Thyroid Ectopia

ABSTRACTThe presence of ectopic thyroid tissue in 2 or more different sites is rare. A 12-year-old girl presented with midline anterior neck swelling in the infrahyoid region with subclinical hypothyroidism. Thyroid scanning with Tc-pertechnetate was performed, and SPECT/CT was ordered for further e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 2017-11, Vol.42 (11), p.855-856
Hauptverfasser:	Abdelhafez, Yasser, Khalil, Maha, Roshdy, Esraa, Diab, Waleed A, Eltoni, Lobna
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological Transport Child Female Humans Hypothyroidism - complications Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m - metabolism Thyroid Dysgenesis - complications Thyroid Dysgenesis - diagnostic imaging Thyroid Dysgenesis - metabolism Thyroid Dysgenesis - pathology
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