Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literature

Lingual thyroid is by far the most common presentation of ectopic thyroid. Though mostly asymptomatic it is associated with congenital hypothyroidism and importantly, absence of orthotopic thyroid making it the only functional thyroid tissue a patient has in many cases. It appears indistinguishable...

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Main Authors: Thomas Fakadej, BS, Aneri B Balar, MD, Sriharsha Kota, DO, Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD, Joe T Joseph, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043322009165