Ectopic lingual thyroid
Diagnosis certain
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Findings
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No thyroid tissue is seen at the normal thyroid bed -anterioranterior to the larynx and upper trachea.
Instead, a rounded, well defined, homogeneously enhancing ectopic thyroid tissue is seen at the base of the tongue.
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Body
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Ectopic thyroid gland is a congenital anomaly with female predilection. Lingual thyroid makes up approximately 90% of ectopic thyroid glandglands.
-<p>Ectopic thyroid gland is a congenital anomaly with female predilection. Lingual thyroid makes approximately 90% of ectopic thyroid gland.</p>- +<p>Ectopic thyroid gland is a congenital anomaly with female predilection. Lingual thyroid makes up approximately 90% of ectopic thyroid glands.</p>