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

مؤلف البحث
Abdelhafez, Y.
Khalil, M.
Roshdy, E.
Diab, W. A.
Eltoni, L.
المشارك في البحث
سنة البحث
2017
مجلة البحث
ClinicalNuclearMedicine
الناشر
Wolters Kluwer
عدد البحث
NULL
تصنيف البحث
1
صفحات البحث
NULL
موقع البحث
http://journals.lww.com/nuclearmed/fulltext/9000/00000/Hybrid_SPECT_CT_Helps_Characterization_and.97913.aspx
ملخص البحث

The 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 99mTc-pertechnetate was performed, and SPECT/CT was ordered for further evaluation. Two hyperdense lesions demonstrating intense ra- diotracer uptake were seen in the midline at the base of the tongue and infrahyoid neck. We emphasis the role of hybrid SPECT/CT for charac- terization and localization of suspected ectopic thyroid tissue.