Infected ossified lingual thyroid goitre.
Lingual thyroid is a rare embryologic migration failure. It may undergo goitrous changes and the ensueing complications as well as carcinomatous transformation [1,2]. We describe a case of an infected ossified lingual thyroid goitre with suspicion of carcinomatous transformation.
Plantet
M M
MM
Radiodiagnostic Department, Centre René-Huguenin, Saint-Cloud, France.
Banal
A
A
Pallud
C
C
Talma
V
V
Hagay
C
C
Talmud
V
V
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006042:Goiter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis