Introduction: Lingual thyroid is the presence of thyroid tissue in the midline anywhere between the circumvallate papillae of tongue and the epiglottis. It occurs due to embryonic failure of normal thyroid tissue to descend from base of tongue to neck. Case report: A 16 year old female presented with dysphagia and a mass was seen at base of tongue. Ultrasound showed absence of normal thyroid gl...

Lingual thyroid is a developmental anomaly caused by undescended thyroid tissue at the base of the tongue. Lingual thyroid is found predominantly in females and comprises 90% of ectopic thyroid tissue (1). In the majority of patients, the lingual thyroid is the only functioning thyroid gland tissue. Therefore early diagnosis with imaging techniques is clinically important to avoid permanent hyp...

OBJECTIVE To establish benchmarks and study some sonographic characteristics of the thyroid gland in a group of euthyroid children aged up to 5 years as compared with age-matched children with congenital hypothyroidism. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-six children (17 female and 19 male) aged between 2 months and 5 years were divided into two groups - 23 euthyroid children and 13 children with c...

Ectopic thyroid tissue (ETT) lateral to the midline is rare. Its occurrence in the carotid bifurcation is exceptional. We present a 45 years woman who consulted with a slow growing right cervical swelling. Clinical examination Ultrasonography, contrast enhanced CT and cervical MRI concluded to a paraganglioma. Intra-operatively, the tumor didn't have the characteristic aspect of a paraganglioma...

Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumour that originates from the parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland. The most common presentation of MTC is with a single nodule; however, by the time of diagnosis, most have spread to the surrounding cervical lymph nodes. Cushing's syndrome is a rare complication of MTC and is due to ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) secre...

The thyroid is the first endocrine gland to form during embryogenesis. At this stage, incomplete or anomalous migration of thyroid tissue causes ectopic localization of the gland. Submandibular ectopic thyroid tissue with a coexisting normally located thyroid gland is extremely rare. In this case aimed to present the findings of the 65-years-old female patient who is bilateral subtotal thyroide...

We report a rare case of papillary thyroid carcinoma incidentally found within a branchial cleft cyst. Only four other cases have been described in the literature. A total thyroidectomy and selective neck dissection was performed, and no evidence of occult primary disease was found after review of fine sections. Branchial cleft cysts are the most common lateral neck masses. Ectopic thyroid tiss...

microRNA-338-3p (miR-338-3p) has been implicated in tumor development and progression in many types of cancers. However, the function and mechanism underlying the action of miR-383-3p in thyroid cancer remain unclear and were therefore investigated in this study by in vitro and in vivo experiments. We found that miR-338-3p was downregulated in thyroid cancer tissues and cell lines. miR-338-3p e...