Papillary carcinoma arising in lingual thyroid.
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.
Pérez
Jesús Sastre
JS
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, "La Princesa" University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. jsastrep@informed.es
Muñoz
Mario
M
Naval
Luis
L
Blasco
Ana
A
Diaz
Francisco J
FJ
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