An uncommon cause of dysphagia

Lingual thyroid is an abnormal mass of ectopic thyroid tissue seen in the base of tongue caused due to aberrant embryological development. It is often asymptomatic but may cause local symptoms, such as dysphagia, dysphonia, and upper airway obstruction. In this case, we report a 13-year-old girl who...

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Autores principales: Senthilraja, Manickavasagam, Rajan, Remya, Kapoor, Nitin, Paul, Thomas Vizhalil, Cherian, Kripa Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31041293
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2_19
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author Senthilraja, Manickavasagam
Rajan, Remya
Kapoor, Nitin
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description Lingual thyroid is an abnormal mass of ectopic thyroid tissue seen in the base of tongue caused due to aberrant embryological development. It is often asymptomatic but may cause local symptoms, such as dysphagia, dysphonia, and upper airway obstruction. In this case, we report a 13-year-old girl who presented with dysphagia and breathing difficulty. Local examination revealed thyroid tissue in the posterior aspect of the tongue. Thyroid scintigraphy showed abnormal tracer uptake at base of tongue. Hormonal test showed subclinical hypothyroidism. She was treated with Levothyroxine.
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spelling pubmed-64827892019-04-30 An uncommon cause of dysphagia Senthilraja, Manickavasagam Rajan, Remya Kapoor, Nitin Paul, Thomas Vizhalil Cherian, Kripa Elizabeth J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Lingual thyroid is an abnormal mass of ectopic thyroid tissue seen in the base of tongue caused due to aberrant embryological development. It is often asymptomatic but may cause local symptoms, such as dysphagia, dysphonia, and upper airway obstruction. In this case, we report a 13-year-old girl who presented with dysphagia and breathing difficulty. Local examination revealed thyroid tissue in the posterior aspect of the tongue. Thyroid scintigraphy showed abnormal tracer uptake at base of tongue. Hormonal test showed subclinical hypothyroidism. She was treated with Levothyroxine. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6482789/ /pubmed/31041293 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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