Ectopic thyroid tissue remains a rare developmental abnormality involving defective or
aberrant embryogenesis of the thyroid gland during its passage from the floor of the primitive …

Congenital anterior neck masses comprise a rare group of lesions typically diagnosed in
childhood. Most commonly, lesions are anomalies of the thyroglossal duct, namely the …

Radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy (WBS), which takes advantage of the high avidity of
radioiodine in the functioning thyroid tissues, has been used for detection of differentiated …

Prevalence, diagnosis and management of ectopic thyroid glan... : International Journal of
Surgery Prevalence, diagnosis and management of ectopic thyroid glands : International …

When a child or young adult presents with a mass in the anterior portion of the neck,
diagnostic considerations include a thyroglossal duct cyst and ectopic thyroid tissue. These …

Thyroid scintigraphy is currently the reference standard for diagnosing and staging cats with
hyperthyroidism, but few studies describing the scintigraphic characteristics in a large …

Focal and diffuse thyroid abnormalities are commonly encountered during the interpretation
of computed tomography (CT) exams performed for various clinical purposes. These …

Castleman disease is a complex lymphoproliferative disease pathologically divided into two
subtypes, the hyaline vascular variant (HVV) and the plasma cell variant (PCV). The HVV is …

Thyroglossal duct (TGD) is a developmental anomaly in which a remnant of the thyroid
anlage is left in the neck during its descent from the foramen cecum of tongue to final …

Among the various organs derived from foregut endoderm, the thyroid gland is unique in that
major morphogenic events such as budding from foregut endoderm, descent into …