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Ectopic, submandibular thyroid causing hyperthyroidism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2011

S U Eli ,
C Marnane ,
R Peter  and
S Winter
S U Eli*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Staffordshire General Hospital, Stafford, UK
C Marnane
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK
R Peter
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Neath Port Talbot Hospital, UK
S Winter
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mrs Saritha Uppin Eli, Department of ENT, Staffordshire General Hospital, Weston Road, Stafford ST16 3SA, UK E-mail: saritha.eli@doctors.org.uk
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Abstract

Background:

Ectopic thyroid tissue in the submandibular region is exceptionally rare. Nevertheless, the treating physician should consider this condition within the differential diagnosis of a submandibular mass.

Method:

Case report of ectopic thyroid tissue presenting as a submandibular mass in a patient with hyperthyroidism, together with a review of the English-literature concerning ectopic thyroid tissue.

Conclusion:

To our knowledge, this is the first report of ectopic thyroid tissue presenting as a submandibular mass and causing hyperthyroidism. Removal of the submandibular mass resulted in normalisation of thyroid function, and subsequent reduction in the patient's antithyroid medication dosage. Ectopic thyroid tissue should be suspected in any patient with a submandibular mass. Prior to resection of such a lesion, it is essential to ensure that normal, functioning thyroid tissue is present elsewhere. Ectopic thyroid tissue can also present with pathology similar to that affecting the normal thyroid gland.

Keywords

Thyroid dysgenesisNeckThyrotoxicosisThyroid Neoplasm

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Clinical Records
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 125 , Issue 10 , October 2011 , pp. 1091 - 1093
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2011

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