Obstructive lingual thyroid

Lingual thyroid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any base of tongue mass. Examination may reveal worrisome obstructive findings. However, a majority of patients are hypothyroid and respond favorably to hormone replacement therapy upfront. Surgery is reserved for patients unrespo...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gonzalez, Mario E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3036
_version_ 1783595370928930816
author Gonzalez, Mario E.
author_facet Gonzalez, Mario E.
author_sort Gonzalez, Mario E.
collection PubMed
description Lingual thyroid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any base of tongue mass. Examination may reveal worrisome obstructive findings. However, a majority of patients are hypothyroid and respond favorably to hormone replacement therapy upfront. Surgery is reserved for patients unresponsive to medical management or those with severe obstruction.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7562887
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-75628872020-10-20 Obstructive lingual thyroid Gonzalez, Mario E. Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Lingual thyroid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any base of tongue mass. Examination may reveal worrisome obstructive findings. However, a majority of patients are hypothyroid and respond favorably to hormone replacement therapy upfront. Surgery is reserved for patients unresponsive to medical management or those with severe obstruction. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7562887/ /pubmed/33088556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3036 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Clinical Images
Gonzalez, Mario E.
Obstructive lingual thyroid
title Obstructive lingual thyroid
title_full Obstructive lingual thyroid
title_fullStr Obstructive lingual thyroid
title_full_unstemmed Obstructive lingual thyroid
title_short Obstructive lingual thyroid
title_sort obstructive lingual thyroid
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3036
work_keys_str_mv AT gonzalezmarioe obstructivelingualthyroid

Ejemplares similares