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Çeliker M, Beyazal Çeliker F, Turan A, et al. Submandibular Lateral Ectopic Thyroid Tissue: Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Scintigraphic Findings. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2015;2015:769604doi: 10.1155/2015/769604.
Çeliker, M., Beyazal Çeliker, F., Turan, A., Beyazal, M., & Beyazal Polat, H. (2015). Submandibular Lateral Ectopic Thyroid Tissue: Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Scintigraphic Findings. Case reports in otolaryngology, 2015769604. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/769604
Çeliker, Metin, et al. "Submandibular Lateral Ectopic Thyroid Tissue: Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Scintigraphic Findings." Case reports in otolaryngology vol. 2015 (2015): 769604. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/769604
Çeliker M, Beyazal Çeliker F, Turan A, Beyazal M, Beyazal Polat H. Submandibular Lateral Ectopic Thyroid Tissue: Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Scintigraphic Findings. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2015;2015:769604. doi: 10.1155/2015/769604. Epub 2015 Nov 08. PMID: 26634164; PMCID: PMC4655019.
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Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2015;2015:769604. doi: 10.1155/2015/769604. Epub 2015 Nov 08.

Submandibular Lateral Ectopic Thyroid Tissue: Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Scintigraphic Findings.

Case reports in otolaryngology

Metin Çeliker, Fatma Beyazal Çeliker, Arzu Turan, Mehmet Beyazal, Hatice Beyazal Polat

Affiliations

  1. Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an University, 53020 Rize, Turkey.
  2. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an University, 53020 Rize, Turkey.
  3. Department of Radiology, Mu?la Yata?an State Hospital, 48500 Mu?la, Turkey.
  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an University, 53020 Rize, Turkey.

PMID: 26634164 PMCID: PMC4655019 DOI: 10.1155/2015/769604

Abstract

Ectopic thyroid can be encountered anywhere between the base of tongue and pretracheal region. The most common form is euthyroid neck mass. Herein, we aimed to present the findings of a female case with ectopic thyroid tissue localized in the left submandibular region. A 44-year-old female patient, who underwent bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy four years ago with the diagnosis of multinodular goiter, was admitted to our hospital due to a mass localized in the left submandibular area that gradually increased in the last six months. Neck ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced computed tomography, and scintigraphic examination were performed on the patient. On thyroid scintigraphy with Tc-99m pertechnetate, thyroid tissue activity uptake showing massive radioactivity was observed in the normal localization of the thyroid gland and in the submandibular localization. The focus in the submandibular region was excised. Pathological examination of the specimen showed normal thyroid follicle cells with no signs of malignancy. The submandibular mass is a rarely encountered lateral ectopic thyroid tissue. Accordingly, ectopic thyroid tissue should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of masses in the submandibular region.

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