THYROID SCINTIGRAPHY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH HASHIMOTO DISEASE

Authors
ALOS N HUOT C LAMBERT R VANVLIET G
Citation
N. Alos et al., THYROID SCINTIGRAPHY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH HASHIMOTO DISEASE, The Journal of pediatrics, 127(6), 1995, pp. 951-953
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
127
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
951 - 953
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1995)127:6<951:TSICAA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Between 1989 and 1994, 58 children and adolescents with Hashimoto thyr oiditis seen at the Sainte-Justine Hospital had thyroid scintigraphy. Their medical records and films were reviewed retrospectively. Eighty- nine percent of the patients had a homogeneous distribution of tracer on thyroid scintigraphy, unlike the heterogeneous distribution classic ally reported in adults. In children and adolescents, thyroid scintigr aphy is not helpful in the diagnosis of typical Hashimoto thyroiditis.