Hemiagenesis of the thyroid associated with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis.
The authors report a case of hemiagenesis of the left thyroid lobe indicated on Tc-99m pertechnetate scan and later confirmed on ultrasonography. The patient was clinically hypothyroid with a right-sided goiter. The cytopathologic diagnosis was made by fine-needle aspiration cytologic analysis, which indicated chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis in the right lobe of the thyroid gland. Later the patient's condition was stabilized with thyroxine replacement therapy. The association of hemiagenesis of the thyroid with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis has not been reported in the literature.
Sharma
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi, India.
Mondal
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Popli
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Sahoo
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M
Malhotra
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Soni
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013667:Technetium; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014463:Ultrasonography
D013667:Technetium; D013974:Thyroxine