• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.489-490
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• 2005

Purpose: The thyroglossal duct runs from the base of the tongue to the thyroid. Rarely the thyroid completely fails to migrate and results in ectopic thyroid tissue, which can be demonstrated scintigraphically. A 31-year old female patient was referred for thyroid scintigraphy due to protruding mass at the base of the tongue. She was mildly hypothyroid. Te-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan was performed to rule out ectopic thyroid gland. There showed a focal area of intense tracer uptake in sublingual area, suggesting the sublingual thyroid. In addition there noted diffusely increased tracer uptake in both breasts. The patient delivered a baby 6 months prior to the scan and was on breast-feeding. Free Tc-99m pertechnetate physiologically secrets into the salivary glands, the stomach, the gastrointestinal tract, the genitourinary tract and the mammary glands and sodium-iodide symporter plays a role in the accumulation of free Tc-99m pertechnetate. We report simultaneous visualization of lactating breasts and ectopic thyroid gland in the base of the tongue.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 1999

The authors recently experienced a case of ectopic thyroid. A 15-year-old female patient visited to ENT department with the complaint of the submental neck mass. On physical examination, the mass was relatively firm, non tender and 3$\times$2cm in size. Oral cavity examination revealed 0.5$\times$0.5cm sized pink colored mass near the foramen cecum area. Suspecting ectopic thyroid, thyroid function test, thyroid scan, neck computed tomogram scan were performed. Thyroid scan revealed a functioning thyroid on the lingual and submental area without normal uptake in the anterior neck area. Thyroid (unction test was normal. Pre-contrast computed tomogram scan revealed an ectopic thyroid in the lingual and submental area. A review of literature concerning ectopic thyroid was discussed.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.241-245
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• 1998

The plunging ranula or cervical ranula is amucous extravasation cyst of the sublingual gland. It is slightly common in females, shows no side preference, and is more prevalent in the second and third decades of life. It typically manifests as a painless, nonmobile swelling in the neck. The pathogenesis of plunging ranula is the discontinuities of the mylohyoid muscle in a position that would allow extravasation of sublingual gland mucin. The histologic appearance is characteristically of a cyst, devoid of epithelium or endothelium, with a vascular fibro-connective tissue wall containing some chronic inflammatory cells and macrophages stuffed with mucin. The correct diagnosis is essential for the most effective treatment, which is exicision of the sublingual gland. The plunging ranula must be differentiated clinically and histomorphologically from thyroglossal duct cyst, dermoid cyst, branchogenic cyst, lymphangioma, laryngocele, lipoma, hemangioma, cervial thymic cyst, cysts of the parathyroid or thyroid gland, lymphadenopathy, abscess, or tumor. We report a case and review the literatures, in our case, 23-year old man were diagnosis as plunging ranula after have been taken sialogam, MRI, etc. He underwent surgery via a cervical approach. The ranula reached the anterior neck by passing through a dehiscence in the mylohyoid muscle. A pseudocyst was extirpated. Although total sublingual gland excision was not performed, no recurrence was observed during 6 months follow-up periods.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.183-190
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• 1993

저자들은 이소갑상선이 의심되어 갑상선신티그라피로 확진된 19명의 환자를 대상으로 갑상선 스캔과 갑상선 기능검사의 결과 및 임상증상등을 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 이소갑상선의 성별분포는 여자 16명, 남자3명으로 여자가 남자의 5.3배였고, 30세 이전인 경우가 97%였다. 2) 이소갑상선이 발견된 위치는 설근부 10예, 설하부1예, 전 후두부 5예 그리고 Combined form이 3예였다. 3) 갑상선기능검사를 시행한 16예에서 갑상선기능저하증이 7예, 준임상적 갑상선기능저하증이 4예 그리고 갑상선기능 정상이 5예였다. 4) 설갑상선의 경우는 갑상선기능저하증이 90%에서 나타났으나, 이보다 아래로 내려온 경우에는 33%로 갑상선 기능이상은 이소갑상선의 위치에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 5) 갑상선의 주된 임상증상은 설근부의 인후이물감, 연하곤란이었고, 이보다 아래에 위치한 경우는 전경부의 종괴가 주된 임상증상이었다. 6) 갑상선기능저하증으로 진단된 7예와 준임상적 갑상선 기능저하증 4예중 3예에서는 갑상선호르몬을 투여하였고 갑상선 기능이 정상인 2예에서 이소갑상선 제거술이 시행되었으며 그 나머지는 추적관찰하였다. 7) 설근부나 전경부에 종괴가 있을 경우에는 반드시 갑상선스캔을 시행하여 이소갑상선의 가능성을 배제하여야 한다. 또한 이소갑상선의 기능이 정상인 환자에서도 갑상선기능저하증으로 진행될 수 있으므로 추적관찰이 필요하다.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권9호
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• pp.1377-1384
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• 2018

Accurate measurement of the absorbed dose and the effective dose is required in dental panoramic radiography involving relatively low energy with a rotational X-ray tube system using long exposures. To determine the effectiveness of measuring the irradiation by using passive dosimetry, we compared the entrance skin doses by using a radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter (RPL) and an optically stimulated luminescence detector (OSL) in a phantom model consisting of nine and 31 transverse sections. The parameters of the panoramic device were set to 80 kV, 4 mA, and 12 s in the standard program mode. The X-ray spectrum was applied in the same manner as the panoramic dose by using the SpekCalc Software. The results indicated a mass attenuation coefficient of $0.008226cm^2/g$, and an effective energy of 34 keV. The equivalent dose between the RPL and the OSL was calculated based on a product of the absorbed doses. The density of the aluminum attenuators was $2.699g/cm^3$. During the panoramic examination, tissue absorption doses with regard to the RPL were a surface dose of $75.33{\mu}Gy$ and a depth dose of $71.77{\mu}Gy$, those with regard to the OSL were surface dose of $9.2{\mu}Gy$ a depth dose of $70.39{\mu}Gy$ and a mean dose of $74.79{\mu}Gy$. The effective dose based on the International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 103 tissue weighting factor for the RPL were $0.742{\mu}Sv$, $8.9{\mu}Sv$, $2.96{\mu}Sv$ and those for the OSL were $0.754{\mu}Sv$, $9.05{\mu}Sv$, and $3.018{\mu}Sv$ in the parotid and sublingual glands, orbit, and thyroid gland, respectively. The RPL was more effective than the OSL for measuring the absorbed radiation dose in low-energy systems with a rotational X-ray tube.