title: Investigating a lingual thyroid.
abstract: During a 15-year-period, in a thyroid investigation centre in Sri Lanka comprising 16,593 cases, 8 lingual thyroids were seen. All patients were female. Radioisotope studies and scintiscanning performed during the investigations of these cases are presented. All subjects were euthyroid at presentation and the clinical courses of 5 cases during follow-up are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dental Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Warnakulasuriya
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Herath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002828:Choristoma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013188:Sri Lanka; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine