Hemiagenesis of the Thyroid Associated with Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis

The authors report a case of hemiagenesis of the left thyroid lobe indicated on Tc-99m pertechnetate scan and later confirmed on ultrasonography. The patient was clinically hypothyroid with a right-sided goiter. The cytopathologic diagnosis was made by fine-needle aspiration cytologic analysis, which indicated chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis in the right lobe of the thyroid gland. Later the patient's condition was stabilized with thyroxine replacement therapy. The association of hemiagenesis of the thyroid with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis has not been reported in the literature.

Tc-99m Infecton scan in possible pelvic inflammatory disease

Tc-99m Infecton imaging was used to examine patients thought to have pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) based on clinical and sonographic findings. Twenty-one patients with PID had Tc-99m Infecton scans. Eleven patients underwent a second radionuclide scan after 1 month of antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis of PID was confirmed by laparoscopy in one patient who was later found to have a tubercular infection. In the remaining patients, the diagnosis was based on uterine tenderness, fever and lower abdominal pain that responded to antibiotics, and ultrasound findings. These patients had infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, the cul-de-sac, or all of these. The Tc-99m Infecton scan appears to be useful in the diagnosis of possible PID and is recommended after a complete course of antibiotics for monitoring treatment response.

Giant diverticulum of urinary bladder causing bilateral hydronephrosis in an adult. Diagnostic features on radionuclide scintigraphy

A 24-year-old man with congenital bladder diverticula leading to bilateral hydronephrosis diagnosed on radionuclide scintigraphy is described. Diagnostic findings of sonogram and CT scan are also mentioned.