Dysfunctional ectopic thyroid gland: A case report
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Dysfunctional ectopic thyroid gland: a case report.
INTRODUCTION Lingual thyroid gland is a rare anomaly of thyroid gland development, occurring more frequently in females. If it causes local symptomatology such as dysphagia, dysphonia or dyspnea it is diagnosed in childhood, however, if it is asymptomatic it is usually diagnosed in adulthood. CASE OUTLINE We present a 23-year-old female patient in whom we diagnosed lingual thyroid gland coinc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0370-8179,2406-0895
DOI: 10.2298/sarh1412724s