Presentation
Painless swelling of the upper anterior neck at the hyoid bone level.
Patient Data
Age: 5 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Ectopic thyroid gland
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The transverse section at the presumed level of the thyroid gland did not show any thyroid tissue. At the level of the hyoid bone, there is a left paramedian heterogeneous echogenic ovoid solid soft tissue, highly vascularized on color Doppler suggestive of an ectopic thyroid gland.
Case Discussion
An ectopic thyroid gland can occur along its path of embryonic migration in the midline neck between the foramen cecum of the tongue and its typical location at the level of the thyroid cartilage.
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