Clinical Presentation
A 9-year-old girl with hypothyroidism and goiter.
(A) Anterior planar and pinhole images from a pertechnetate thyroid scan reveal normal uniform activity throughout the thyroid gland (circle). (B) However, the 24-hour radioiodine uptake and scan are markedly uniformly decreased (circle) at 1.5% (normal, 10–30% at 24 hours).
Differential Diagnosis
• Organification defect: