Ectopic thyroid occurs when it is not located on the normal thyroid compartment. While 90%
of the ectopic thyroids were located at the base of the tongue, only 1% were lingual thyroid …

Ectopy is the most common embryogenetic defect of the thyroid gland, representing between
48 and 61% of all thyroid dysgeneses. Persistence of thyroid tissue in the context of a …

Introduction Ectopic thyroid cancer (ETC) is primary thyroid cancer occurring in ectopic
thyroid tissue, and its incidence rate is approximately 0.3%–0.5% of thyroid cancer. Only …

Background Ectopic thyroid is a rare disease. In the present study at the 9th People's
Hospital in Shanghai, China, 42 patients' ectopic thyroid glands between the neck and …

Nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma (NPAC) is an extremely rare primary malignant
tumor. There is only a limited number of cases of NPACs reported in the literature. The …

Lingual thyroid is by far the most common presentation of ectopic thyroid. Though mostly
asymptomatic it is associated with congenital hypothyroidism and importantly, absence of …

Despite TSH screening in newborns is currently conducted in most developed countries,
patients with thyroid ectopy born before the procedure was introduced or those in whom the …

Introduction: Lingual thyroid cancer is a rare entity with a paucity of literature guiding
methods of surgical treatment. Its location presents anatomic challenges with access and …

Several excellent guidelines and expert opinions on congenital hypothyroidism (CH) are
currently available. Nonetheless, these guidelines do not address several issues related to …

Carcinoma arising in lingual thyroid is an extremely rare entity accounting for only 1% of all
reported ectopic thyroids. Here, we report a case of carcinoma arising in lingual thyroid …