title: Imaging of huge lingual thyroid gland with goitre.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
mesh_terms: 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