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  • Multinodular goitre in lingual thyroid: case report

  • M Zackaria, E J Chisholm, N S Tolley, A Rice, A Chhatwani
  • Journal:
    The Journal of Laryngology & Otology / Volume 124 / Issue 3 / March 2010
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    20 October 2009, pp. 349-351
    Print publication:
    March 2010
  • Objective:

    We report a case of a multinodular goitre developing in a lingual thyroid.

    Method:

    Case report, and discussion of the embryology and treatment of lingual thyroids.

    Case report:

    A 66-year-old woman presented with dysphagia secondary to a multinodular lingual goitre. A previously silent lingual thyroid had undergone multinodular change to cause dysphagia and eventually airway compromise. The goitre was excised via a midline, mandible-splitting approach.

    Conclusion:

    Lingual thyroids have an incidence of one in 3000 to 10 000. There has not previously been a reported case of such an ectopic gland undergoing multinodular changes and presenting in later life.