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Familial occurrence of congenital hypothyroidism due to lingual thyroid gland.

Authors :
El-Desouki MI
Al-Herbish AS
Al-Jurayyan NA
Source :
Clinical nuclear medicine [Clin Nucl Med] 1999 Jun; Vol. 24 (6), pp. 421-3.
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

Two sisters who presented with midline neck masses proved to be biochemically hypothyroid. Thyroid scintigraphy supplemented with perchlorate discharge testing showed lingual thyroid glands and ruled out the expected autosomal recessive organification defect. The related literature is reviewed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0363-9762
Volume :
24
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Clinical nuclear medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
10361938
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199906000-00009