Imaging of huge lingual thyroid gland with goitre.
We present the CT and MRI findings in a 75-year-old woman with a huge pathologically proven lingual thyroid which underwent goitrous degeneration. CT and MRI showed a midline, tongue-based, exophytic mass with areas of necrosis and heterogeneous contrast enhancement, as seen in large goitres in the normal thyroid gland.
Lee
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CC
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chen
C Y
CY
Chen
F H
FH
Lee
G W
GW
Hsiao
H S
HS
Zimmermann
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RA
D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery