RESUMEN
Ectopic thyroid and fourth branchial cleft anomaly are rare congenital anomalies of the neck. This is a case report of the coexistence of these two rare congenital anomalies in a 1-year-old girl. She had ectopic lingual thyroid and asymptomatic abscess in the fourth branchial cleft cyst, which was found in ultrasonography carried out to evaluate congenital hypothyroidism. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of ectopic thyroid coexisting with fourth branchial cleft anomaly in the same patient.
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Branquioma/complicaciones , Branquioma/diagnóstico por imagen , Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello/complicaciones , Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello/diagnóstico por imagen , Disgenesias Tiroideas/complicaciones , Disgenesias Tiroideas/diagnóstico por imagen , Región Branquial/diagnóstico por imagen , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Ultrasonografía/métodosRESUMEN
We present an interesting image of a 62-year-old woman revealed with Tietze syndrome by F-FDG PET/CT and bone scintigraphy. She presented with right upper chest wall pain with a hard, palpable mass. However, chest radiograph and CT were unrevealing. On PET/CT, intense FDG uptake was noted at the anterior aspect of the right second costal cartilage with dense calcification, which was the correct symptomatic lesion. Bone scan showed increased radioactive uptake at the FDG uptake lesion, but mild uptake was also seen in the asymptomatic lesion.