Lingual Thyroid: Case report and brief review of the literature

Radiology Case Reports

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Thomas Fakadej¹  Aneri B Balar¹  Sriharsha Kota¹  Dhairya A. Lakhani¹  Joe T Joseph¹ 

[1] West Virginia University School of Medicine

关键词: Lingual thyroid;    Ectopic thyroid;    Hypothyroid;    Computed tomography;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.radcr.2022.10.039

学科分类：生物化学工程

来源: University of Washington * Department of Radiology

【 摘 要 】

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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