title: [The surgical treatment of just one thyroid tissue on the tongue due to massive bleeding].
abstract: The authors present a rare case of lingual ectopic thyroid in 22 year--old--woman. A massive bleeding from the tumor occurred several times and required an urgent surgical treatment. A tracheostomy and ligation of the right external carotid artery were performed prior the removal of the tumor which was removed by medial pharyngotomy. No complications were observed. A substitutive hormonal therapy was administered. Six months after the tracheostomy tube was removed.
authors.affiliation: I Katedry i Kliniki Laryngologii Slaskiej AM w Katowicach.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gierek
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zbrowska-Bielska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Majzel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy
vernacular_title: Chirurgiczne leczenie jedynej tkanki tarczycowej na jezyku z powodu masywnych krwawień.