Heterogeneous tissue in the thyroid fossa on ultrasound in infants with proven thyroid ectopia on isotope scan-A diagnostic trap

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 725-731

  Jones, Jeremy H ^a   Attaie, Morag ^a   Maroo, Sanjay ^a   Neumann, David ^a,b   Perry, Rebecca ^a   Donaldson, Malcolm D C ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Congenital; Congenital hypothyroidism; Diagnosis; Ectopia; Infant; Radio isotope imaging; Radionuclide imaging; Thyroid; Ultrasound; US

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 77951499118     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1492-2     Document Type: Article

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