A thyroid scan with I-123 is useful to confirm the presence of functional thyroid tissue and to further distinguish ectopic thyroid from other midline structures.

Thyroid dysgenesis (thyroid aplasia or an ectopic thyroid gland) is responsible for 85 percent of cases of congenital hypothyroidism. The pathogenesis of thyroid dysgenesis is not known.

Late images show normal isotope washout of the thyroid gland with persistent trapping in the ectopic parathyroid adenoma located lateral to the thyroid gland near the submandibular gland (blue arrow).

ORLANDO -- Patients with thyrotoxicosis who developed thyroid storm died at nearly double the rate as those without thyroid storm, according to an analysis using National Inpatient Sample (NIS ...

Additionally, ectopic thyroid tissue may mimic or coexist with various thyroid disorders such as adenomas, multinodular goitre, and, rarely, thyroid carcinoma.

This report is the first in English of a patient with exophthalmos and ectopic hyperplastic thyroid tissue occurring at the base of the tongue, in the subhyoid area and in the lateral thyroid lobe ...

Since the regeneration of thyroid glands has remained challenging, patients with thyroid disorders who have their glands surgically removed must take hormone replacement medication for the rest of ...

Ectopic intrathyroidal thymomas are an exceedingly rare clinical entity that can be challenging to diagnose. This report describes a 39-year-old Japanese woman who presented with prominent left ...

Since a thyroid uptake scan demonstrated no uptake in this patient, inadvertent subtotal thyroidectomy is unlikely, but ectopic thyroid tissue is still possible.

ORLANDO -- Patients with thyrotoxicosis who developed thyroid storm died at nearly double the rate as those without thyroid storm, according to an analysis using National Inpatient Sample (NIS ...

While ectopic intrathyroidal thymomas represent a rare clinical entity, when present they can be challenging to identify. As with the patient described above, most cases present as an apparent ...