Resumen: A case of exophthalmos, and ectopic hyperplastic thyroid tissue occurring at the base of the tongue, in the subhyoid area and in the lateral thyroid lobe is presented. The frequent misdiagnosis of ectopic thyroid tissue as a thyroglossal-duct cyst should make the surgeon cautiously evaluate each case individually. Selective use of scintigrams with I131 is helpful in the preoperative diagnosis to prevent inadvertent excision of a patient's only remaining thyroid tissue.

Autor/es: Kuehn P - Newell RC - Reed JF

Publicado en: N Engl J Med (274(12):652-4, 1966 Mar 24.)

ISSN: 0028-4793

Tipo/s de publicación/es: CASE REPORTS - JOURNAL ARTICLE

Dirección/es: Surgical Department, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, USA.

Año de publicación: 1966

País: Estados Unidos

Idioma/s: Inglés

Descriptor/es: Adenoma - Adulto - Coristoma - Exoftalmia - Femenino - Humanos - Tiroides Lingual - Disgenesias Tiroideas - Glándula Tiroides - Neoplasias de la Tiroides