Usefulness of hybrid single.photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in a case of ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant :Enrico Calandri, Luca Filippi, Francesco Alessandro, Ilaria Aretano, Mirco Pultrone, Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine

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Year : 2021 | Volume : 36 | Issue : 1 | Page : 97--99

Usefulness of hybrid single.photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in a case of ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant

Enrico Calandri¹, Luca Filippi², Francesco Alessandro³, Ilaria Aretano⁴, Mirco Pultrone¹
¹ Department of Medicine and Urgency, Nuclear Medicine Unit, “Degli Infermi” Hospital, Ponderano (BI), Italy
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, “Santa Maria Goretti” Hospital, Latina, Italy
³ Department of Medicine and Urgency, Unit of Cardiology, “Degli Infermi” Hospital, Ponderano (BI), Italy
⁴ Department of Surgery, Unit of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, “Degli Infermi” Hospital, Ponderano (BI), Italy

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Enrico Calandri
Department of Medicine and Urgency, Nuclear Medicine Unit, “Degli Infermi” Hospital, Via dei Ponderanesi No. 2, 13875 Ponderano (BI)
Italy

Here, we report a case of a 54-year-old woman affected by thyrotoxicosis, with scintigraphic evidence of a diffuse hyperfunctioning goiter and a large ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant. The latter was apparently more active than the two lobes at ^99mTc-pertechnetate scintigraphy, mimicking a condition of preexisting increased sensitivity to thyroid-stimulating hormone stimulation. On the other hand, single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography has proven to be a very useful tool in demonstrating this activity to be similar to the thyroid lobes and in defining extension and anatomical relationships of the mass.

How to cite this article:
Calandri E, Filippi L, Alessandro F, Aretano I, Pultrone M. Usefulness of hybrid single.photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in a case of ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant.Indian J Nucl Med 2021;36:97-99

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Calandri E, Filippi L, Alessandro F, Aretano I, Pultrone M. Usefulness of hybrid single.photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in a case of ectopic thyroid tissue in the thyroglossal duct remnant. Indian J Nucl Med [serial online] 2021 [cited 2023 Jan 31 ];36:97-99
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