Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid Ectopic
Lingual thyroid gland is a rare clinical entity. The presence of an ectopic thyroid gland located at the base of the tongue may be presented with symptoms like dysphagia, dysphonia, and upper airway obstruction. We are introducing a case of an 8-year-old girl who had lingual thyroid that presented d...
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| description | Lingual thyroid gland is a rare clinical entity. The presence of an ectopic thyroid gland located at the base of the tongue may be presented with symptoms like dysphagia, dysphonia, and upper airway obstruction. We are introducing a case of an 8-year-old girl who had lingual thyroid that presented dysphagia and foreign body sensation in the throat. The diagnostic was reached with clinical examination, thyroid scintigraphy with Tc99m and ultrasound. A laryngoscopy was performed which confirmed a spherical mass at base of tongue. Investigation should include thyroid function tests. In this case we observed subclinical hypothyroidism. There are different types of surgical approaches for the treatment of this condition; however, the treatment with Levothyroxine Sodium allowed the stabilization of TSH levels and clinical improvement of symptoms in a follow-up of 2 years. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7400d8979eb7476ab513481493013d192025-02-03T01:21:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732015-01-01201510.1155/2015/265207265207Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid EctopicEder Alberto Sigua-Rodriguez0Douglas Rangel Goulart1Luciana Asprino2Afonso Celso de Moraes Manzano3Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, BrazilOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, BrazilOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, BrazilDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Santa Casa de Limeira, Limeira, SP, BrazilLingual thyroid gland is a rare clinical entity. The presence of an ectopic thyroid gland located at the base of the tongue may be presented with symptoms like dysphagia, dysphonia, and upper airway obstruction. We are introducing a case of an 8-year-old girl who had lingual thyroid that presented dysphagia and foreign body sensation in the throat. The diagnostic was reached with clinical examination, thyroid scintigraphy with Tc99m and ultrasound. A laryngoscopy was performed which confirmed a spherical mass at base of tongue. Investigation should include thyroid function tests. In this case we observed subclinical hypothyroidism. There are different types of surgical approaches for the treatment of this condition; however, the treatment with Levothyroxine Sodium allowed the stabilization of TSH levels and clinical improvement of symptoms in a follow-up of 2 years.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/265207 |
| spellingShingle | Eder Alberto Sigua-Rodriguez Douglas Rangel Goulart Luciana Asprino Afonso Celso de Moraes Manzano Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid Ectopic Case Reports in Otolaryngology |
| title | Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid Ectopic |
| title_full | Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid Ectopic |
| title_fullStr | Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid Ectopic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid Ectopic |
| title_short | Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid Ectopic |
| title_sort | conservative management for lingual thyroid ectopic |
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