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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.
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Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine . Jan-Mar2021, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p97-99. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- 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 99mTc-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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09723919
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149139368
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_43_20