A Case of Multiple Ectopic Thyroid Glands with Goiter and Compensated Hypothyroidism Diagnosed by Computerized Tomography.
- Author:
Young Jong BAEK
1
;
Jae Hong YU
;
Jong Chul KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine Chungnam National University, Taejon, Korea. jhongyu@cuvic.cnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multiple ectopic thyroid glands;
Goiter;
Compensated hypothyroidism
- MeSH:
Cecum;
Child;
Female;
Goiter*;
Humans;
Hyoid Bone;
Hypothyroidism*;
Lingual Thyroid;
Neck;
Thyroid Dysgenesis*;
Thyroid Gland
- From:Journal of Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology
2000;5(1):132-136
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ectopic thyroid is an uncommon embryological aberration characterized by the presence of thyroid tissue at a site other than in its usual pretracheal region. Usually it occurs along the path of descent of the developing thyroid primodium from the foramen cecum, commonest being lingual followed by sublingual and in the anterior midline of neck at, or below, the level of the hyoid bone. It is unusal for lingual thyroid to present simultaneously with another ectopic thyroid, so we report a case of 12-year-old girl who had multiple ectopic thyroid glands with goiter and compensated hypothyroidism diagnosed by computerized tomography in lingual and infrahyoid area.
