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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| author | Thomas Fakadej, BS Aneri B Balar, MD Sriharsha Kota, DO Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD Joe T Joseph, MD |
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| description | 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 to orthotopic thyroid tissue on imaging, with avid homogeneous enhancement on contrast computed tomography. Here we report clinical presentation and imaging findings of lingual thyroid in a 38-year-old man. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-053c6a13148344feb276ece6d0c91b4d2022-12-22T04:39:41ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332023-01-01181312316Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literatureThomas Fakadej, BS0Aneri B Balar, MD1Sriharsha Kota, DO2Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD3Joe T Joseph, MD4West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USADepartment of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USADepartment of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USADepartment of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USADepartment of Neuroradiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USALingual 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 to orthotopic thyroid tissue on imaging, with avid homogeneous enhancement on contrast computed tomography. Here we report clinical presentation and imaging findings of lingual thyroid in a 38-year-old man.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043322009165Lingual thyroidEctopic thyroidHypothyroidComputed tomography |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Fakadej, BS Aneri B Balar, MD Sriharsha Kota, DO Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD Joe T Joseph, MD Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literature Radiology Case Reports Lingual thyroid Ectopic thyroid Hypothyroid Computed tomography |
| title | Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_full | Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_short | Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literature |
| title_sort | lingual thyroid case report and brief review of the literature |
| topic | Lingual thyroid Ectopic thyroid Hypothyroid Computed tomography |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043322009165 |
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