title: Congenital thyroid disease revisited: migrational anomalies and dyshormonogenesis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Pediatric Endocrinology and Endocrinology, Medical University of South Carolina and Veterans Affairs Hospital, Charleston 29425, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yaakob
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buse
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging