Conservative Management for Lingual Thyroid Ectopic

Lingual thyroid gland is a rare clinical entity. The presence of an ectopic thyroid gland located at the base of the tongue may be presented with symptoms like dysphagia, dysphonia, and upper airway obstruction. We are introducing a case of an 8-year-old girl who had lingual thyroid that presented d...

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Main Authors: Eder Alberto Sigua-Rodriguez, Douglas Rangel Goulart, Luciana Asprino, Afonso Celso de Moraes Manzano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/265207