Two Distinct Hyperactive Thyrothymic Remnants in a Patient With Graves' Disease.

• Tác giả: Marwah Abdulrahman, Omar Albtoush, Soud F Al-Qasem, Malik E Juweid
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 230.0071 Christianity Christian theology
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Clinical nuclear medicine , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 692345

Tóm tắt

A 40-year-old woman with Graves' disease underwent a technetium-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan showing two distinct foci of increased uptake, one just inferior to the right thyroid lobe and another further down in the right supraclavicular region. The foci were subsequently identified by contrast-enhanced computed tomography and interpreted as grade 4 thyrothymic remnants, both separate from the genuine thyroid. Detection of such variants by thyroid scintigraphy and anatomic imaging in such patients is important to minimize the risk of persistent/recurrent hyperthyroidism after surgery.