AIM To present a rare case of lingual thyroid detected using a hybrid of single photon emission computed tomography and standard computed tomography in a young woman with hypothyroidism. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 29-year-old woman was screened for autoimmune thyroid disorders in early pregnancy, and found to have subclinical hypothyroidism. No thyroid tissue was found in the anterior neck upon ...

The external carotid arterial system is a complex vascular system constituting the nourishment to territorial areas of the head, face and neck tissues. Though the variation in the carotid arteries and their branches are common in the carotid triangle, it is important for the clinicians, surgeons and the radiologists to be aware of all possible variations of these arteries. This paper is an ende...

The study conducted on 60 human cadavers preserved in formalin, in the Anatomy Laboratory of the "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, during 2000-2006, observed the internal and external jugular veins from the point of view of their origin, course and affluents. The morphological variability of the jugular veins (external jugular that receives as affluents the facial an...

We present the case of a 28-year-old female diagnosed with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN 2B) when she was 17, consisting of medullary thyroid cancer, bilateral pheochromocytoma, lingual neuromas and marfanoid appearance. Bilateral adrenalectomy was performed as a first step, with complete thyroidectomy and bilateral ganglion dissection and resection of lingual neuromas later on. The...

Background: With increasing use of invasive diagnostic and interventional procedures in cardio-vascular disease, it is important to fi nd out type and frequencies of vascular variations. Variations in the course, branching and distribution of carotid arteries are commonly encountered. Material & Method: In the present study we have observed variations of the branching pattern of external caroti...

OBJECTIVES To verify the involvement of NKX2-1 gene in infants with brain-lung-thyroid (BLT) syndrome and hypothyroid phenotypes variable among congenital hypothyroidism (CH) or idiopathic mild hypothyroidism (IMH) of postnatal onset. METHODS The candidates were selected by a case-finding approach in 130 CH and 53 IMH infants. The NKX2-1 gene was analyzed by direct sequencing and multiplex li...