Lingual thyroid: a review of 12 cases.
Twelve patients with lingual thyroid are reviewed. Two of these patients had a follicular carcinoma in the ectopic gland and both are well 5 and 16 years after treatment. The diagnosis is essentially clinical but confirmation may be made with a thyroid scan. Six patients were treated conservatively with thyroxine with good results. Six patients were treated by surgical excision, 2 undergoing autotransplantation of the excised gland into the anterior abdominal wall.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
D013974:Thyroxine