Diagnostic evaluation of a case of lingual thyroid ectopia

Thyroid ectopia can occur when the process of thyroid embryogenesis fails. Here, we present the case of a 30-year-old woman with thyroid ectopia that was discovered during magnetic resonance imaging of cervical spine for referred neck pain. Imaging revealed the presence of an encapsulated mass at th...

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Autores principales: Fiaschetti, Valeria, Claroni, Giulia, Scarano, Angela Lia, Schillaci, Orazio, Floris, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27594942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.04.004
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author Fiaschetti, Valeria
Claroni, Giulia
Scarano, Angela Lia
Schillaci, Orazio
Floris, Roberto
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description Thyroid ectopia can occur when the process of thyroid embryogenesis fails. Here, we present the case of a 30-year-old woman with thyroid ectopia that was discovered during magnetic resonance imaging of cervical spine for referred neck pain. Imaging revealed the presence of an encapsulated mass at the base of her tongue. The patient was not symptomatic for any compression of the airways. Diagnosis of ectopic lingual thyroid was confirmed by (99m)TC scintigraphy. Incidental diagnosis of thyroid ectopia in asymptomatic adult patients is rare, and it should be considered on diagnostic imaging in case of an anterior midline cervical mass.
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spelling pubmed-49969092016-09-02 Diagnostic evaluation of a case of lingual thyroid ectopia Fiaschetti, Valeria Claroni, Giulia Scarano, Angela Lia Schillaci, Orazio Floris, Roberto Radiol Case Rep Case Report Thyroid ectopia can occur when the process of thyroid embryogenesis fails. Here, we present the case of a 30-year-old woman with thyroid ectopia that was discovered during magnetic resonance imaging of cervical spine for referred neck pain. Imaging revealed the presence of an encapsulated mass at the base of her tongue. The patient was not symptomatic for any compression of the airways. Diagnosis of ectopic lingual thyroid was confirmed by (99m)TC scintigraphy. Incidental diagnosis of thyroid ectopia in asymptomatic adult patients is rare, and it should be considered on diagnostic imaging in case of an anterior midline cervical mass. Elsevier 2016-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4996909/ /pubmed/27594942 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.04.004 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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