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Visualisation of a thyroglossal duct

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After ablation of an autonomously functioning thyroid nodule resulting from an adenoma, a previously suppressed scintigraphic image of a thyroglossal duct was visualised.

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  1. S. Wynchank

    Present address: RIAAM, Medical Research Council, South Africa

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  1. Service de Médecine Nucléaire (Pr Blanquet), Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France

    S. Wynchank, J. Guillet, B. Basse-Cathalinat, B. Lambert & P. Blanquet

  2. Université de Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France

    S. Wynchank, J. Guillet, B. Basse-Cathalinat, B. Lambert & P. Blanquet

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Wynchank, S., Guillet, J., Basse-Cathalinat, B. et al. Visualisation of a thyroglossal duct. Eur J Nucl Med 10, 181–182 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252734

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