Carcinome vesiculo-papillaire sur thyroïde linguale

Lingual Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of Surgical Approaches in the Literature

“…28 In the transoral group, persistent disease requiring additional surgery was found in the neck or at the primary site in 3 of 7 cases. 1,18,24 No reports of persistent disease requiring additional surgery or treatment were noted in the 8 transcervical/trans-hyoid approaches, 3,7,10,11,13,21,25 the Trotter procedure, 9 and the 2 lateral pharyngotomies. 6,8 Long-term follow-up was limited, with patients rarely seen more than 3 months after treatment.…”

Follicular carcinoma arising in a large ectopic lingual thyroid: a case report and review of literature

“…So far there are only 40 reported cases in the literature (10% of lingual thyroid). Although the predominant subtype of lingual thyroid carcinoma has been follicular carcinoma, the more recent studies have reported several cases of papillary carcinoma in ectopic lingual thyroids [ 5 ]; rarely hürthle cell and medullary thyroid carcinoma [ 4 , 6 , 7 ].…”

“…However, rapid growth or ulceration may suggest development of carcinoma. The most common symptoms include dyspnea, voice change or foreign body sensation [ 6 , 8 ].…”

Lingual Thyroid Carcinoma With Nodal Metastasis

“…9,10 In 1910, Gunn and Rutgers independently reported the first cases of lingual thyroid carcinoma, and only 40 cases have been reported in the international literature to date (Table I). 2,3,9,11 It has been questionable whether some of the early reports truly represented malignant transformation. 1 Our case brings the total to 41 and, to our knowledge, represents the first report of lingual papillary thyroid carcinoma with cervical metastasis and no orthotopic thyroid in a female.…”