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LINGUAL THYROID

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1994
Lingual thyroid is a rare cause of dysphagia and airway obstruction. A case is presented, with a discussion of the diagnosis and management.
M L, Farrell, M, Forer
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Lingual Thyroid

Southern Medical Journal, 1978
After 15 years of being asymptomatic, this patient with documented lingual thyroid developed a lump in the throat, with dysphagia. Routine thyroid function tests were within normal limits, but serum TSH concentration was increased to twice normal. On thyroxine therapy TSH levels returned to normal and the symptoms were relieved.
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Investigating a lingual thyroid

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1992
During a 15-year-period, in a thyroid investigation centre in Sri Lanka comprising 16,593 cases, 8 lingual thyroids were seen. All patients were female. Radioisotope studies and scintiscanning performed during the investigations of these cases are presented.
K A, Warnakulasuriya, K B, Herath
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Autotransplantation of the Lingual Thyroid

Archives of Surgery, 1958
When the medial anlage of the thyroid gland fails to descend into the neck from its point of origin in the oropharynx, a lingual (accessory) thyroid results. In 1936 Montgomery1proposed standard criteria for the diagnosis of this anomaly: (a) location of the aberrant tissue at the base of the tongue between the circumvallate papillae and the epiglottis,
H, SWAN, D, JENKINS, C, MACGREGOR
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Lingual thyroid

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1986
Lingual thyroid is a rare occurrence in oral surgical practice. A case is reported, accompanied by a current view of the previous literature. A brief resumé of methods of treatment is given and the importance of investigation before excision biopsy is emphasised.
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Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in lingual thyroid

Endocrine, 2015
The lingual thyroid is the most common form of thyroid ectopy. The ectopic tissue may display any disease affecting the thyroid, including malignancies, which have an estimated incidence of less than 1%. To date only 51 cases of lingual thyroid cancer were reported.
STURNIOLO, GIACOMO   +6 more
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The Lingual Thyroid

Archives of Surgery, 1971
Six cases of lingual thyroid were discovered in five females and one male, ranging in age from 5 to 26 years. Four were noted during thyroglossal duct surgery, one because of a mass in the vallecula, and one incidentally found during a workup for possible hyperthyroidism. Only one patient was known to have a lingual thyroid preoperatively.
A D, Katz, W J, Zager
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