[Clinic and therapy of the lingual thyreoid (author's transl)].
A case of a lingual thyreoid without any orthotop thyreoideal tissue is presented. Dystopia of thyreoideal tissue is due to disturbances in the embryological development of the thyreoid gland. The clinical picture, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, therapy and prognosis are discussed in regard of cases of literature.
D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000196:embryology; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013963:Thyroid Hormones
Klinik und Therapie der Zungengrundstruma.