Incidental Lingual Thyroid Informs Surgery

Alyce Goode; Cheryl McKellar; Melanie Carter; Laura Skelly; Lacey Greene; George Roy; Matthew Haase; Geoffrey M. Currie

doi:10.2967/jnmt.114.142075

Incidental Lingual Thyroid Informs Surgery

Alyce Goode, Cheryl McKellar, Melanie Carter, Laura Skelly, Lacey Greene, George Roy, Matthew Haase, Geoffrey M. Currie^*

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Abstract

This case study presents an incidental noting of a lingual thyroid on thyroid scintigraphy that had implications in later breast surgery. This information changed patient management and mitigated risk during intubation for breast cancer surgery.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	66-67
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.114.142075
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2015

Keywords

thyroid scan
lingual thyroid
intubation
incidental
endocrine
SPECT/CT

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