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Prevalence of thyroid hemiagenesis: ultrasound screening in normal children

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While performing a systematic ultrasound study of the thyroid gland volume for the evaluation of iodine deficiency in 2845 normal Belgian school children, we found an absence of the left lobe in 6 children (4 girls and 2 boys). There was no association with other thyroid malformations or dysfunction.

Conclusion This first systematic ultrasound evaluation of thyroid hemiagenesis in normal children established a prevalence of thyroid hemiagenesis of 0.2% and confirmed the female predominance and higher incidence of agenesis of the left lobe.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Academic Hospital of the Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    Wael Shabana, Maxime Freson & Michel Osteaux

  2. Department of Paediatrics, A.Z.-V.U.B., Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: peddsrj@az.vub.ac.be; Tel.: +32-2-4776061; Fax: +32-2-4775778, , , , , , BE

    Jean De Schepper

  3. The International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Brussels, Belgium, , , , , , BE

    Francois Delange

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Received: 15 July 1999 and in revised form: 3 December 1999 and 3 January 2000 / Accepted: 3 January 2000

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Shabana, W., Delange, F., Freson, M. et al. Prevalence of thyroid hemiagenesis: ultrasound screening in normal children. Eur J Pediatr 159, 456–458 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310051307

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