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Case of thyroid hemiagenesis and ectopic lingual thyroid presenting as goitre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2008

Y S Yang  and
K H Hong
Y S Yang*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical School, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Chonbuk, Korea
K H Hong
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical School, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Chonbuk, Korea
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Yun Su Yang, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonbuk National University, Medical School, Chonju, Chonbuk 560-182, South Korea. Fax: 82 63 250 1986 E-mail: yang2002@chonbuk.ac.kr
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Abstract

Objective:

We report an extremely rare case of thyroid hemiagenesis with ectopic lingual thyroid.

Method:

Case report and review of the world literature concerning thyroid hemiagenesis with ectopic lingual thyroid and heredity.

Results:

Ectopic thyroid is an uncommon embryological aberration characterised by the presence of thyroid tissue in a site other than its usual, pretracheal location. The lingual thyroid is the most common manifestation of benign ectopic thyroid tissue, but is still a rare clinical entity. Thyroid hemiagenesis is also a very rare abnormality, in which one thyroid lobe fails to develop. We report a case of left thyroid hemiagenesis and goitre in the right lobe in a 26-year-old woman with an ectopic lingual thyroid.

Conclusion:

To our knowledge, this is the first report in the world literature of thyroid hemiagenesis with ectopic lingual thyroid.

Keywords

Thyroid GlandLingual ThyroidCongenital Abnormality

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Online Only Clinical Record
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 122 , Issue 8 , August 2008 , e17
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2008

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