Kumar S Sujith, Kumar D Muthiah Selva, Thirunavukuarasu R
Department of General Surgery, Vinayaga Missions Medical College & Hospital, Karaikal, 609602 Pondicherry UT India.
Indian J Surg. 2013 Jun;75(Suppl 1):118-9. doi: 10.1007/s12262-012-0518-4. Epub 2012 May 8.
A Lingual thyroid is relatively rare. Of all ectopic thyroids 90 % are found to be Lingual thyroids. We report a case of 32 year old female who presented to us with history of mass on back of the tongue with history of dysphagia.The clinical, biochemical and radioisotope scanning confirms the diagnosis of lingual thyroid with hypothyroidism. Patient was treated with levothyroxine. After treatment, Lingual thyroid reduced in size and patient improved symptomatically.
舌甲状腺相对少见。在所有异位甲状腺中,90%被发现是舌甲状腺。我们报告一例32岁女性,她因舌后部肿物及吞咽困难史前来就诊。临床、生化及放射性核素扫描确诊为伴有甲状腺功能减退的舌甲状腺。患者接受左甲状腺素治疗。治疗后,舌甲状腺体积缩小,患者症状改善。