Pradhan Pradeep, Samal Swagatika, Preetam C
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751019 India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Oct;71(Suppl 1):712-715. doi: 10.1007/s12070-018-1515-0. Epub 2018 Oct 30.
It is very unusual of an ectopic thyroid to be presented as a submental swelling, clinically mimicking a submental cyst. Suspicious of the disease with complete clinical, biochemical and radiological correlation is the mainstay of diagnosis as the first FNAC is not confirmatory of the ectopic thyroid especially in cases of dysgenesis of thyroid tissue in an unusual location. Here we have presented a rare case of an ectopic thyroid gland presented with a submental swelling successfully managed with the conservative treatment.
异位甲状腺表现为颏下肿胀非常罕见,临床上易误诊为颏下囊肿。通过完整的临床、生化及影像学检查进行综合判断是诊断的关键,因为首次细针穿刺抽吸活检(FNAC)对异位甲状腺的诊断并不具有确诊性,尤其是在甲状腺组织发育异常且位置特殊的情况下。本文报道了一例罕见的异位甲状腺伴颏下肿胀的病例,经保守治疗成功治愈。