| Literature DB >> 20032623 |
Faramarz Babazade1, Hamed Mortazavi, Hamed Jalalian, Ehsan Shahvali.
Abstract
Ectopic thyroid gland is a rare phenomenon that appears most frequently in the cervical midline and very rarely in other sites such as the submandibular region. This article reports a painless, non-tender and firm thyroid tissue mass in the right submandibular region of a 29-year-old female patient. Physicians should consider ectopic thyroid tissue as a differential diagnosis of submandibular swellings and be aware that this ectopic gland is the only functional thyroid tissue in 70% of cases.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 20032623 DOI: 10.2334/josnusd.51.655
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Oral Sci ISSN: 1343-4934 Impact factor: 1.556