title: Large mass on base of tongue. Diagnosis: lingual thyroid.
abstract: Our patient's tongue mass hadn't bothered her until she became pregnant; that's when it got larger and caused problems swallowing and breathing. A simple test confirmed our suspicions.
authors.affiliation: Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX, USA. Email: jeremy.t.reed8.mil@ mail.mil.
authors.forename: Jeremy T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Colin M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D046151:Lingual Thyroid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine