MUSTAFA KOÇ, Ahmet AYAR, Selami SERHATLİOĞLU

Hemiagenesis of left thyroid lobe: Ultrasonography findings and review of the literature

Tiroid hemiagenezisi nadir görülen konjenital bir anomalidir. Olguların çoğu eşlik eden bir tiroid hastalığı ile tanınır. Ultrasonografi, tiroid hastalıklarının teşhisinde başvurulacak ilk radyolojik modalitedir. Biz bu yazıda, yetişkin bayan olguda saptanan tiroid sol lob hemiagenezisinin ultrasonografi ve sintigrafi bulgularını sunduk ve bu nadir konjenital anomali ile ilgili literatürü gözden geçirip eşlik eden patolojileri tartıştık.

Tiroid sol lob hemiagenezisi: Ultrasonografi bulguları ve literatürün gözden geçirilmesi

Thyroid hemiagenesis is a rare congenital anomaly. Most of the patients diagnosed have an associated thyroidal disease. Ultrasonography (US) is the first radiological choice for diagnosis of thyroidal disease. In this report we described US and scintigraphy findings of a left thyroid lobe hemiagenesis in a female adult and review the literature in relation to this case; discussed the problems associated with this unusual congenital anomaly.

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