Double thyroid ectopy: case report

We present a 39 year old female patient who was under follow up because of a double thyroid ectopic tissue: in the tongue base and left submandibular locations. She was derived to our Department after a growth of the submandibular subunit in the last year was detected in the computed tomography scan (CT). She was asymptomatic and thyroid functionality tests were normal. Surgical treatment of the submandibular thyroid tissue was consensuated, with a modified Risdon like approach, and monitoring of the nodule at the base of the tongue. Discussion: Thyroid ectopic tissue is a very infrequent finding and even rarer is a double ectopy. We present a patient in which a surgical approach was decided after observing a growth in one of the ectopia nodules even though she was in a euthyroidism hormonal state.
Source: Revista Espanola de Cirugia Oral y Maxilofacial - Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research