Lingual thyroid: case report.

Autor: Sonigra RJ; Kenyatta National Hospital, P.O. Box 19303-00202, Nairobi, Kenya., Ongulo BA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: East African medical journal [East Afr Med J] 2010 Jul; Vol. 87 (7), pp. 317-20.
Abstrakt: A sixteen year old male presented with progressive dysphagia, dysphonia and haemoptysis over eight months. Radionuclide studies and computed tomographic scans confirmed an only functional thyroid gland at the base of tongue which was excised wholly via mandibular split transoral route and patient put on thyroxin replacement therapy.
Databáze: MEDLINE