Ultrasonography is an accurate method to establish the presence of dysgenesis and might be used as the first imaging tool in patients with CH, whereas scintigraphy should be used mainly to distinguish agenesis from ectopia. Further examination is required to differentiate permanent CH with a normally located and shaped gland from transitory hypothyroidism.
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