Ectopic thyroid tissue is most commonly located in a single location, this being the lingual area. Presentation with two ectopic thyroid foci is quite unusual. A girl patient aged 7 years who presented with complaints of two masses in the right anterior neck and submandibular area is reported. Her growth pattern and development were normal. The masses were detected to be dual ectopic thyroid gl...

large median endodermal anlage and two lateral anlages (1). Commonly, the median anlage fails to descend, resulting in a lingual thyroid gland. In rare cases, failure of the lateral anlage to fuse with the median anlage produces a lateral ectopic thyroid gland (2). There are a number of case reports of papillary thyroid carcinomas in ectopic thyroid tissue, but there are only a few cases of pri...

Total ectopia of thyroid is a rare phenomenon and malignant change in an ectopic thyroid is even rarer. We report a case of medullary carcinoma in a total ectopic lingual thyroid occurring in a 45-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia, plummy voice and a round sessile mass at the base of the tongue. The mass was extirpated using Trotter's midline approach. Upon examination, it was found t...

To cite: Kapoor N, Shetty S, Thomas N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014206957 DESCRIPTION A 19-year-old college girl presented with lack of linear growth since 11 years of age, primary amenorrhoea and failure of development of secondary sexual characters. There was no significant history prior to this. On examination, she was a cheerful ...

INTRODUCTION: Thyroid ectopia can be found at the site of thyroid origin in the floor of the mouth, or anywhere along its path of embryological descent, thus reflecting the normal migration of thyroid progenitor cells. The most frequent sites of ectopic thyroid tissue are lingual, sublingual, thyroglossal and laryngotracheal, with ectopic intratracheal thyroid (EITT) accounting for a small mino...

A 22-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of dysphagia to solid food and intermittent spitting of blood for about 1 year. A lateral radiograph of the neck revealed a well-defined soft-tissue mass at the base of the tongue, compromising the oropharynx. After a series of tests, which included CT (Fig. 1) and radionuclide scintigraphy, the diagnosis of lingual thyroid was made. A thyroid ...