title: Papillary carcinoma arising in lingual thyroid.
abstract: Lingual thyroid is a well-known developmental abnormality, malignant transformation of which is rare. This is a case report of a papillary carcinoma located in ectopic lingual thyroid tissue, in a 28-year-old white male. A search of the literature revealed only one more such report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, "La Princesa" University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. jsastrep@informed.es
authors.forename: Jesús Sastre
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Naval
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blasco
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Diaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology