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ea0020p55 | Thyroid | ECE2009

Report of twelve cases with thyroid hemiagenesis: single centre experience from Turkey

Comlekci Abdurrahman , Akinci Baris , Demir Tevfik , Ozdogan Ozhan , Secil Mustafa , Saklamaz Ali , Yener Serkan , Canda Serafettin , Canda Tulay , Yesil Sena , Goktay Yigit

Thyroid hemiagenesis is a rare anomaly characterized with the absence of one thyroid lobe due to a failure in embryologic development of the thyroid gland. This anomaly is more frequent in women. It usually affects left side of the thyroid. Isthmus may be detected in half of the cases. Thyroid hemiagenesis is usually diagnosed after thyroid imaging due to other disorders, which might be related or unrelated to the thyroid gland. In this paper, we report clinical features of tw...