Ultrasonographic examination and
thyroid scanning did not show any thyroid tissue.
Thyroid scanning is an additional diagnostic tool that evaluates for thyroid gland dysgenesis in newborns identified with congenital hypothyroidism by newborn screening programs.
10) Nevertheless,
thyroid scanning is still useful particularly in selected patients, including particularly those with hypothyroidism, and those with thyrotropin abnormalities.
2) In a recent textbook on thyroid cancer, (28) published in 2000, Wartofsky wrote: "Fluorescent
thyroid scanning offers special advantages in childhood and pregnancy due to minimal radiation exposure.
If the gland is asymmetric or hard, further evaluation with
thyroid scanning and tissue sampling is needed.
19) Okerlund commented, "The types of images obtained from fluorescent
thyroid scanning are indistinguishable from those of isotope scanning, since the same electronics and data presentation systems are used.
Andros G, Harper PV, Lathrop KA, et al: Pertechnetate-99m localization in man with applications to
thyroid scanning and the study of thyroid physiology.
Aspiration cytology, ultrasonography,
thyroid scanning with radioactive iodine and/or other radionuclides, and suppression therapy with L-thyroxine will be used.
