Autonomous ectopic thyroid suppressing a normally situated gland, simulating a thyroglossal cyst: A case report
✍ Scribed by S. Ng Tang Fui; M. N. Maisey; I. McColl
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
MISDIAGNOSIS of an ectopic thyroid for a thyroglossal cyst may lead to excision of the only thyroid tissue of the patient, but can be avoided by preoperative thyroid scintigraphy (I, 2). We report the first case of an autonomous ectopic thyroid simulating a thyroglossal cyst in a patient with a normally situated but suppressed thyroid gland.
A 31-year-old male Egyptian presented with a midline mobile swelling superficial to his hyoid bone (Fig. I). It measured 3 cm in diameter and had been present for several months without causing any symptoms. The swelling moved upwards on swallowing and on protruding the tongue. There were no other abnormal physical signs and the patient was clinically euthyroid. A clinical diagnosis of thyroglossal cyst was made and