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language |
eng
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Attribute |
case report
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Author |
Tamura, Yukie
Kimura, Mitsuhiro
Murata, Akemichi
Emmanuel Prokopakis
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Description | We report a rare case of ectopic lingual thyroid with a risk of strangulation. A 32-year-old female patient had a lingual tumor and computed tomography(CT) scan revealed a rounded mass with calcification, occupying the pharyngeal space. No thyroid gland was seen in the normal pretracheal position. 99mTc sintigraphy showed high uptake only in the sublingual region. In 201Tl sintigraphy, wash out was poor which might have further complicated the malignant tumor. The patient was also found to suffer from subclinical hypothyroidism. We underwent lingual thyroidectomy using an external cervical approach.
The patient had no apparent complication resulting from surgery and was discharged after two weeks. |
Journal Title |
Shimane journal of medical science
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Volume | 28
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Issue | 2
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Start Page | 119
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End Page | 124
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ISSN | 03865959
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ISSN(Online) | 24332410
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Published Date | 2012-02-01
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NCID | AA00841586
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Publisher Aalternative | Shimane University Faculty of Medicine
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NII Type |
Departmental Bulletin Paper
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Format |
PDF
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Text Version |
出版社版
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Gyoseki ID | e14056
e16154
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OAI-PMH Set |
Faculty of Medicine
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Remark | http://ci.nii.ac.jp/vol_issue/nels/AA00841586_jp.html
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