Research Member
Research Department
Research Year
2017
Research Journal
ClinicalNuclearMedicine
Research Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Research Vol
NULL
Research Rank
1
Research_Pages
NULL
Research Website
http://journals.lww.com/nuclearmed/fulltext/9000/00000/Hybrid_SPECT_CT_Helps_Characterization_and.97913.aspx
Research 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 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.