SPECT and Planar Imaging of a Lingual Thyroid Gland

Lingual Thyroid Ectopia: Diagnostic SPECT/CT Imaging and Radioactive Iodine Treatment

“…Of these, 38% were euthyroid, 33% hypothyroid, and 21% had subclinical hypothyroidism (2). Typically planar or pinhole scintigraphic imaging is sufficient for diagnosis, although the benefit of 3D SPECT imaging for lingual thyroid has been reported (21). Both 99m Tc pertechnetate SPECT/CT (7,22,23) or 123 I SPECT/CT scans to depict radioiodine uptake within lingual thyroid have been reported (24,25).…”