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Double ectopic thyroid

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Ectopic thyroid gland is a well-known developmental anomaly. We present a child with a unique anatomical variant of this anomaly, namely double ectopic thyroid. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the scintigraphic findings and to emphasize the importance of performing a thyroid scan in every case of thyroid ectopia to accurately identify all sites of functioning thyroid tissue.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel. Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, , , , ,

    Nir Hod, Lilia Mindlin, Mehrzad Cohenpour & Tifha Horne

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Hod, N., Mindlin, L., Cohenpour, M. et al. Double ectopic thyroid. Ped Radiol 32, 859–861 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-002-0787-3

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