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Lingual thyroid--a lesson to learn

Ramzisham ARM 1 , Somasundaram S 2 , Nasir ZM 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 A R M Ramzisham, MRCS, Trainee Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan aacob Latiff, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 S Somasundaram, FRCS, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Z M Nasir, FRCS. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Hospital University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2004 Oct;59(4):533-4.
PMID: 15779588

Abstract

We present a case of a middle-aged woman with a mass in the posterior third of the tongue which was diagnosed as a tongue haemangioma. The tumour was successfully excised via a midline mandibular osteotomy and tongue splitting approach. The histopathology examination, however, revealed the 5x4 cms mass to be a lingual thyroid. The salient features of this unusual presentation of a thyroid enlargement will be discussed.
Comment in: Ng CS, Mohd MS. Lingual thyroid--a lesson to learn. Med J Malaysia. 2005
Mar;60(1):115

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