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