Lingual thyroid

Lingual thyroid is an abnormal mass of ectopic thyroid tissue seen in base of tongue caused due to embryological aberrancy in development of thyroid gland. Most of the ectopic tissue is seen in the tongue. Their identification and proper management is essential since they may be the only functioning...

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Autores principales: Kumar, L. K. Surej, Kurien, Nikhil Mathew, Jacob, M. M., Menon, P. Varun, Khalam, Sherin A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report - Developmental Defect
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26389046
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.161103
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author Kumar, L. K. Surej
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description Lingual thyroid is an abnormal mass of ectopic thyroid tissue seen in base of tongue caused due to embryological aberrancy in development of thyroid gland. Most of the ectopic tissue is seen in the tongue. Their identification and proper management is essential since they may be the only functioning thyroid tissue occurring in the body. We report a case of lingual thyroid in a 40 year old female patient who was hypothyroid with posterior swelling of tongue. Tc-99 scintigraphy confirmed the clinical diagnosis and surgical excision of entire tissue was done by midline mandibular split osteotomy and patient was placed under lifelong thyroxine replacement. Follow up showed excellent results with minimum patient discomfort.
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spelling pubmed-45559322015-09-18 Lingual thyroid Kumar, L. K. Surej Kurien, Nikhil Mathew Jacob, M. M. Menon, P. Varun Khalam, Sherin A. Ann Maxillofac Surg Case Report - Developmental Defect Lingual thyroid is an abnormal mass of ectopic thyroid tissue seen in base of tongue caused due to embryological aberrancy in development of thyroid gland. Most of the ectopic tissue is seen in the tongue. Their identification and proper management is essential since they may be the only functioning thyroid tissue occurring in the body. We report a case of lingual thyroid in a 40 year old female patient who was hypothyroid with posterior swelling of tongue. Tc-99 scintigraphy confirmed the clinical diagnosis and surgical excision of entire tissue was done by midline mandibular split osteotomy and patient was placed under lifelong thyroxine replacement. Follow up showed excellent results with minimum patient discomfort. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4555932/ /pubmed/26389046 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.161103 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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