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Dual ectopic thyroid: a report of two cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Produl Hazarika ,
Shahab Ahmed Siddiqui ,
Kailesh Pujary ,
Parul Shah ,
Deepak Ranjan Nayak  and
R. Balakrishnan
Produl Hazarika
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576119, India.
Shahab Ahmed Siddiqui
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576119, India.
Kailesh Pujary
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576119, India.
Parul Shah
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576119, India.
Deepak Ranjan Nayak*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576119, India.
R. Balakrishnan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576119, India.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Deepak Ranjan Nayak, Department of ENT, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576119, India.
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Abstract

Ectopic thyroid is an uncommon embryological aberrationcharacterized 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 caecum, commonest being lingual followed by sublingual and in the anterior midline of neck at, or below, the level of the hyoid bone. It is unusual for lingual thyroid to present simultaneously with another ectopic thyroid; reported here are two such cases.

Keywords

Thyroid glandectopic tissue
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 4 , April 1998 , pp. 393 - 395
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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