- Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
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- Three Cases of Thyroid Gland Left Lobe Hemiagenesis: The Ultrasonographic and Scintigraphic Findings...
Three Cases of Thyroid Gland Left Lobe Hemiagenesis: The Ultrasonographic and Scintigraphic Findings of Thyroid Hemiagenesis
Authors : Sermin TOK, Çiğdem DEVİR, Ertunç ALTUNTAŞ, İlknur IŞIK
Pages : 296-299
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Publication Date : 2014-12-01
Article Type : Other
Abstract :Thyroid hemiagenesis is a quite rare thyroid pathology caused by a defect occuring during the embryonic development of thyroid tissue. We report here three cases of thyroid gland left lobe hemiagenesis with ultrasonographic and scintigraphic findings. All three of our cases were thyroid gland hemiagenesis of the left lobe, which have been described as the most frequently reported in literatureKeywords : thyroid hemiagenesis, ultrasonography, scintigraphy