Ectopic thyroid tissue in the head and neck
Okstad, S.; Mair, I.W.; Sundsfjord, J.A.; Eide, T.J.; Nordrum, I.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 107(3): 249-250
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 3824313 Document Number: 300187
The cases of thyroid ectopia seen during a ten year period are reviewed. There were five cases of total ectopia; three of these were of a lingual thyroid, one situated in the perihyoid region had been clinically diagnosed as a thyroglossal cyst, while the fifth presented as a tumor in the side of the neck. Scintigraphy should be performed routinely if the clinical picture is at all compatible with thyroid ectopia. Patients with depressed glandular function are given substituation therapy. Surgery is usually not necessary.