title: Simultaneous occurrence of Graves' disease in eutopic and ectopic thyroid tissues: A case report and review of literature.
abstract: Ectopic thyroid tissue an uncommon condition results from abnormal migration of the primitive thyroid bud. This may be the only functional thyroid. Ectopic thyroid tissue may sometimes coexist with the eutopic thyroid gland. Hyperthyroidism in association with ectopic thyroid tissue is very uncommon. We report a rare case of simultaneous involvement of ectopic and eutopic thyroid tissue in a married women of 35 years who was referred to our department for a technetium 99m thyroid scan. Coexisting ectopic and eutopic thyroid tissue due to identical histology may have similar response to various stimulatory and inhibitory factors like hormones and immunoglobulin's. Iodine-131 is an easy to administer and effective treatment for patients with simultaneous Graves' disease in the ectopic and eutopic thyroid tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Shoukat H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Tanveer A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rather
authors.forename: Tajamul
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Syed
keywords: Ectopic thyroid; Graves’ disease; eutopic thyroid; simultaneous
references.citation: Hormones (Athens). 2005 Oct-Dec;4(4):231-4
references.pmid: 16613822
references.citation: Endocr J. 1999 Oct;46(5):731-4
references.pmid: 10670761
references.citation: Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Jan;34(1):31-2
references.pmid: 19092381
references.citation: Thyroid. 2000 Apr;10(4):363-5
references.pmid: 10807066
references.citation: Thyroid. 2006 Jul;16(7):701-2
references.pmid: 16889496
references.citation: Thyroid. 1999 Dec;9(12):1261-4
references.pmid: 10646669
references.citation: Clin Nucl Med. 2007 Jan;32(1):1-5
references.pmid: 17179793
references.citation: J Nucl Med. 1986 Sep;27(9):1423-7
references.pmid: 3018200
references.citation: J Endocrinol Invest. 2004 Oct;27(9):874-7
references.pmid: 15648554