title: Lingual thyroid--a lesson to learn.
abstract: We present a case of a middle-aged woman with a mass in the posterior third of the tongue which was diagnosed as a tongue haemangioma. The tumour was successfully excised via a midline mandibular osteotomy and tongue splitting approach. The histopathology examination, however, revealed the 5x4 cms mass to be a lingual thyroid. The salient features of this unusual presentation of a thyroid enlargement will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: A R M
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ramzisham
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Somasundaram
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Nasir
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D046151:Lingual Thyroid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis