Triple ectopic thyroid: A rare entity
| Autor: | Sameer Sonar, Deepti Hirawe, Chetna Naik, Sujit Nilegaonkar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases Ectopic thyroid tissue Ectopic thyroid business.industry Thyroid Unnecessary Surgery Rare entity Thyroglossal cyst Case Report medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Tongue thyroid anomalies Tc 99m TcO4 scan medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Aberrant tissue business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine : IJNM : The Official Journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India |
| ISSN: | 0972-3919 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0972-3919.106705 |
| Popis: | Ectopic thyroid tissue is an uncommon congenital aberration. It is extremely rare to have three ectopic foci at three different sites. The thyroid scan has been used successfully to diagnose ectopic thyroid tissue. We report a case of ectopic thyroid tissue at base of tongue, another at the level of hyoid and third one as aberrant tissue at suprahyoid location in a 16 year old female who presented with swelling in front of neck. This patient was clinically diagnosed as thyroglossal cyst and was being planned for surgery. Preoperative thyroid scan helped in establishing diagnosis of ectopic thyroid which was the only functioning thyroid tissue. Thus, it prevented unnecessary surgery. Therefore it is suggested that thyroid scan and USG/CT scan must be done as routine work up in neck swellings pre operatively to avoid unnecessary surgeries. |
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