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Thyroid hemiagenesis is a very rare anomaly. We herein report a case with right thyroid lobe agenesis, which was incidentally found during the assessment of primary hyperparathyroidism. A 42-year-old male presenting with urinary lithiasis was suspected of having primary hyperparathyroidism, and had elevated levels of both serum calcium and intact parathyroid hormone. Both computed tomography and ultrasonography demonstrated the absence of right thyroid lobe and a mass of 1 cm in diameter at the left lower pole of the thyroid. The patient underwent lower left parathyroidectomy, which confirmed the right thyroid hemiagenesis, as well as the absence of both upper and lower right parathyroid glands. The resected left lower parathyroid gland was pathologically diagnosed as adenoma. The postoperative course was favourable and he was discharged on the 2nd day after surgery, without complications.

We have theoretically studied the magnetotransport properties in bipolar conductors under consideration of the simultaneous presence of an external magnetic field, left–right asymmetric carrier scattering due to spin–orbit interactions, and spin-polarized holes/electrons, predicting both positive and negative transverse magnetoresistance (TMR) terms, the mechanisms of which are completely different from the conventional mechanism in bipolar conductors. The positive TMR term is predicted only for the asymmetric carrier scattering case, the sign of which is the same (negative) between a hole and an electron. The other case of asymmetric scattering, the sign of which is opposite between a hole and an electron, was also determined to always show a negative TMR. Our proposed TMR was experimentally evidenced from the magnetotransport and magnetization measurements of a compensated metal, YH2. Also, application to logic gates is discussed on the basis of our proposed mechanism.