Coexistence of Eutopic Thyroid Gland and Ectopic Thyroid Tissue: Rare but Not Uncommon.

Ectopic thyroid tissue is very rare, but the coexistence of ectopic and eutopic thyroid glands is even more rare. The recognition of this diagnosis is important in patients who are being treated for thyrotoxicosis, but it is also crucial to exclude other associated serious disease conditions. In this article, we report three different cases that showed ectopic thyroid tissue with the coexisting presence of an eutopic thyroid gland.

Diagnostic accuracy of technetium-99m-octreotide in imaging neuroendocrine tumors, Oman hospital experience with literature review.

The aim of this observational cross-sectional study with retrospective review of the data is to evaluate the efficacy of using technetium-99m-octreotide (Tc-99m-OCT) in imaging neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) in our tertiary care hospital. A total of 58 patients had Tc-99m-OCT were identified in our database, from January 2013 to December 2016. Forty-one patients (age range of 15-75 years) meet our inclusion criteria, namely histopathology proven NETs, Tc-99m-OCT scan, computed tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) done in our institute for correlation.

Gallium-67 Scintigraphy in the Era of Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography: Tertiary centre experience.

Objectives: Although (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) has largely replaced the use of gallium-67 ((67)Ga) scintigraphy in the evaluation and follow-up of lymphoma patients, (67)Ga scans are still of value, particularly in countries where no PET/CT service is available. The current study presents the experience of a tertiary care centre using (67)Ga scintigraphy for the evaluation of lymphomas and infections.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of all (67)Ga scans performed between 2007 and 2011 at the Royal Hospital in Muscat, Oman.

111 In-pentetreotide SPECT CT Value in Follow-up of Patients with Neuro-Endocrine Tumors.

Carcinoid tumors are relatively rare and can occur in the thorax, abdomen, or pelvis. Functional imaging in the form of Indium-111 pentetreotide scanning is widely used for identification of these tumors and it exploits the fact that the vast majority of these tumors express somatostatin receptors on their cell membrane. In this report, we present a case of a 76-year-old man who was diagnosed with peritoneal carcinomatosis.

Iatrogenic chyloma in the neck: lymphoscintigraphic findings.

Iatrogenic chyle leak with chyloma formation in the neck is a rare complication of neck dissection resulting from injury to the thoracic duct. We present the case of a 37-year-old woman who complained of left-sided neck swelling within days after total thyroidectomy and lateral neck dissection for papillary thyroid cancer. Lymphoscintigraphy demonstrated the chyle leak in the left cervical region, and subsequent aspiration of the left neck swelling showed radioactivity in the aspirate.