Thyroglossal duct cyst or ectopic thyroid gland?
โ Scribed by AJA HOLLAND; AL SPARNON; GW LeQUESNE
- Book ID
- 108954431
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 715 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1034-4810
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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 norm
## Abstract Thyroglossal duct cyst and lingual thyroid are two common anomalies of thyroid gland development. Each may occur without the thyroid gland in the normal anatomic position, although the association of these three anomalies together is rare. Ectopic thyroid may function abnormally, and th
The first case of anaplastic carcinoma arising in median ectopic thyroid (thyroglossal duct remnants) in an 84-year-old woman is presented. This expands the spectrum of histologic types of thyroid malignancies reported in this location and supports the theory that these carcinomas arise from thyroid