huge lingual thyroid

نویسندگان

nader saki

fakher rahim

nastaran ranjbari

soheila nikakhlagh

hamid dehdashti

چکیده

lingual thyroid (lt) is a rare developmental thyroid anomaly usually affecting. although the exact pathogenesis of this ectopic, accessory thyroid tissue is not known, it generally originates from epithelial tissue of non-obliterated thyroglossal ductus. in this report, a case of lingual thyroid in a 45- year old male patient with difficulty in breathing and swallowing complaints for five years is presented and the role of ultrasound (us) is emphasized.

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عنوان ژورنال:
apadana journal of clinical research

ISSN 2251-810X

دوره 1

شماره 2 2012

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