Surgical and medical management of midline ectopic thyroid

Mussak, Erich N.; Kacker, Ashutosh

doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2007.01.008

Cited by 48 publications

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“…The technique choice is influenced by patient age and sex, symptoms, dimensions, the localization of the mass, and above all, by the ability to control bleeding. 7 Studies on cadavers have identified anomalies of the thyroid arteries: the superior is often absent, while the inferior, if present, appears hypoplastic, and the lingual thyroid is vascularized by lingual or facial arteries. 8 As our case had the lingual thyroid as the only functional thyroid tissue, a novel surgical approach planned was supra-hyoid removal of lingual thyroid along with its vascular pedicle of the lingual artery and cervical transposition of the gland in the neck.…”

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Pedicled cervical transposition of lingual thyroid: a novel surgical technique

Narayanaswamy

2015

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Lingual Thyroid is a rare developmental anomaly. It is the most common benign mass found at the junction of the anterior two third and the posterior one third of the tongue. It requires to be excised if it becomes symptomatic by becoming a goiter. It is usually treated medically by thyroxin suppression therapy. However, in cases where the response to medical treatment is poor, it can be excised or transposed. We present a case report of a 28-year-old female with Lingual thyroid who underwent a novel surgical cervical transposition procedure with good result.

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Pedicled cervical transposition of lingual thyroid: a novel surgical technique

Narayanaswamy

2015

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…These ectopic rests can enlarge and function as a thyroid nodule. Migration of the gland can also completely arrest anywhere along the tract and result in a functioning ectopic thyroid gland [4].…”

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“…The most important lesion to distinguish from a TGDC is a median ectopic thyroid gland. Most patients with an ectopic thyroid gland will have their entire functioning tissue located in an aberrant midline location [4]. Removal will result in lifelong hypothyroidism so care must be taken during the evaluation to rule out this possibility.…”

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Thyroglossal Duct Cysts

Jones

2013

Pediatric Head and Neck Tumors

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“…It should be differentiated from thyroglossal duct cyst, epidermal cyst, lymphadenopathy, lipoma, lymphangioma, sebaceous cyst, cystic hygroma, dermoid cyst, midline branchial cyst and neoplasms. 66 Laterally placed ectopic thyroid in the neck region could present as a submandibular or lateral cervical mass. This must be differentiated from salivary gland tumours, lymphadenopathy and other subcutaneous swellings.…”

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confidence: 99%