2024
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.55162
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Radioiodine Therapy: Alternative for the Treatment of Complicated Thyroid Ectopia

Manale Otmani,
Ayat Mouaden,
Chaymae Bensaid
et al.

Abstract: Thyroid ectopy is the presence of thyroid tissue outside its normal cervical location. Clinical manifestations of thyroid ectopy are varied. The latter complications can be life-threatening. Emergency treatment is often surgical or endoscopic. We report a case of a 26-year-old man with tracheal thyroid ectopy, complicated by respiratory distress, in whom conventional treatments were not feasible. The patient was treated with radioiodine-131 administered in liquid form. The final control showed the complete res… Show more

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