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Hybrid SPECT/CT Helps Characterization and Localization of a Dual Thyroid Ectopia
Yasser Abdelhafez1, Maha Khalil, Esraa Roshdy
1From the *Nuclear Medicine Unit, South Egypt Cancer Institute, and †Nuclear Medicine Unit and ‡Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Abstract:
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 Tc-pertechnetate was performed, and SPECT/CT was ordered for further evaluation. Two hyperdense lesions demonstrating intense radiotracer uptake were seen in the midline at the base of the tongue and infrahyoid neck. We emphasis the role of hybrid SPECT/CT for characterization and localization of suspected ectopic thyroid tissue.