Thyroid isthmus agenesis and its clinical significance in a large-scale multidetector CT-based study.

CONCLUSION: Thyroid isthmus agenesis is not a rare developmental anomaly of the thyroid gland on multi-detector CT. Based on the metastatic pathophysiology of differentiated thyroid cancer, more extended indications for lobectomy are expected in differentiated thyroid cancer patients with thyroid isthmus agenesis.
PMID: 32470707 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - September 25, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kim SK, Seo HS, Lee YH, Son GS, Suh SI Tags: Clin Imaging Source Type: research