Hypertrophic Lingual Thyroid Causing Sleep Apnea

Ectopic lingual thyroid disorder, developing as a consequence of thyroid gland migration during early embryogenesis, is a rarely seen congenital anomaly. In this paper, we report a 39-year-old male patient with snoring and moderate-level obstructive sleep apnea who received the diagnosis of lingual...

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Main Authors: Harun Soyalıç, Erkan Gökçe, Battal Tahsin Somuk, Can Koçak, Ahmet Eyibilen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2014-06-01
Series:Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access: http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/hypertrophic-lingual-thyroid-causing-sleep-apnea/43393