title: Dual thyroid ectopia with graves' disease: a case report and a review of the literature.
abstract: Ectopic thyroid or thyroid ectopia is a rare developmental anomaly with the prevalence of 1 per 100,000-300,000 population. Even rarer, such an anomaly manifests as dual thyroid ectopia. To our best knowledge, only one case has been reported on dual thyroid ectopia with Graves' disease in the English literature. We present here a case of dual thyroid ectopia complicated by Graves' disease, whereby the diagnosis was rendered through judicious use of various diagnostic modalities coupled with a close clinical follow-up. In this case, therapeutic consideration should be personalized with proper informed consent of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Teik Hin
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Boon Nang
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Siti Zarina Amir
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ewe Seng
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ch'ng
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Putrajaya Hospital, 62250 Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Zanariah
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hussein
keywords: 99mTc-pertechnetate thyroid scintigraphy; Dual ectopic thyroid; Dual thyroid ectopia; Graves’ disease