Investigating a lingual thyroid

Warnakulasuriya, Saman; Herath, K.B.

doi:10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80224-3

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“…In suspected lingual thyroid, diagnosis begins with a thorough head and neck physical examination to establish the presence of a midline lingual mass and the absence of a normally developed pretracheal thyroid gland. The most useful initial diagnostic modalities include radionucleotide scans using 123 I, 131 I, or 99m -technetium (46). Uptake of radionucleotide within the tongue confirms the presence of ectopic thyroid tissue.…”

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

Massine

Durning

Koroscil

2001

Thyroid

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Ectopic thyroid tissue may reside anywhere along its embryologic path of descent. Most ectopias manifest as simple thyroglossal duct cysts in conjunction with a normally developed thyroid gland in its usual thyroid cervical bed. Lingual thyroid is a rare developmental abnormality characterized by the failure of the thyroid gland, or remnants, to descend from its embryologic site of origin at the foramen cecum to its usual pretracheal position. Carcinoma arising in a lingual thyroid is even more unusual with fewer than 30 cases reported in the literature. We report the second case of lingual papillary thyroid carcinoma and review the clinical features, natural history, diagnosis, and treatment of lingual thyroid carcinoma.

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Section: Clinical Featuresmentioning

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

Massine

Durning

Koroscil

2001

Thyroid

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“…The most sensitive diagnostic tool to confirm the diagnosis of LT is radionuclide imaging [11,15,16]. It is interesting to note that the LT tissue shows a rapid turnover of iodine, with a half-life much shorter than normal thyroid tissue [17], thus explaining the resistance of LT tissue to radioiodine ablation occasionally reported in the literature [18].…”

Section: Thyroid Ectopy: Genetic Factors Epidemiology and Clinical mentioning

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Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in lingual thyroid

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The lingual thyroid is the most common form of thyroid ectopy. The ectopic tissue may display any disease affecting the thyroid, including malignancies, which have an estimated incidence of less than 1%. To date only 51 cases of lingual thyroid cancer were reported. Analogously to what observed in orthotopic thyroid, papillary carcinoma is the predominant histotype in lingual thyroid carcinoma. The higher frequency of lingual follicular thyroid carcinoma previously reported is possibly related to histological misclassification in some early reports, prior to the standardization of histological typing of differentiated thyroid carcinomas. Nonetheless, the frequency of the follicular histotype is not negligible, accounting for about one-third of the reported cases. Both natural history and prognosis of lingual thyroid carcinoma are poorly known, likely because of the rarity of the disease and the heterogeneity in the therapeutic approach. However, among the cases more recently reported, surgical excision of the mass, either alone or followed by radioiodine ablation, is the first-line approach, with only two cases treated by radioiodine alone. The nonsignificant rate of neoplastic transformation in lingual thyroid should encourage efforts to obtain a widely accepted consensus for the management of this rare condition, along with standardization of either diagnostic or therapeutic handling of malignancies arising in ectopic thyroid.

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“…In the absence of any visualized thyroid uptake scanning with 123I may be required [274]. An ectopic gland may be lingual, sublingual, or prelaryngeal in location [275] (Fig. 10).…”

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Where are we with nuclear medicine in pediatrics?

Nadel

1995

Eur J Nucl Med

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The practice of nuclear medicine in children is different from that in adults. Technical considerations including immobilization, dosing of radiopharmaceuticals, and instrumentation are of major importance. Image magnification and the capability to perform single-photon emission tomography are essential to performing state of the art pediatric nuclear medicine. New advances in instrumentation with multiple detector imaging, the possibility of clinical positron emission tomography imaging in children, and new radiopharmaceuticals will further enhance pediatric scintigraphic imaging. This review highlights advances in pediatric nuclear medicine and discusses selected clinical problems.

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Investigating a lingual thyroid

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

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

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

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in lingual thyroid

Where are we with nuclear medicine in pediatrics?

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