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Congenital thyroid disease revisited: migrational anomalies and dyshormonogenesis
1Department of Radiology, Pediatric Endocrinology and Endocrinology, Medical University of South Carolina and Veterans Affairs Hospital, Charleston 29425, USA.
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
|January 26, 2000
Abstract:
Nuclear medicine scintigraphy, in conjunction with other diagnostic tools, plays a vital role in assessing patients with congenital migrational anomalies. We present 5 patients, 4 of whom were hypothyroid and 1 patient who was euthyroid. Scintigraphic and ultrasonographic images were examined and correlated with laboratory results. These patients demonstrate the spectrum of migrational anomalies of the thyroid. Nuclear medicine scintigraphy was a valuable aid in establishing the location of the ectopic thyroid as well as its function.