| Literature DB >> 486909 |
M R Kamat, J N Kulkarni, P B Desai, D J Jussawalla.
Abstract
Twelve patients with lingual thyroid are reviewed. Two of these patients had a follicular carcinoma in the ectopic gland and both are well 5 and 16 years after treatment. The diagnosis is essentially clinical but confirmation may be made with a thyroid scan. Six patients were treated conservatively with thyroxine with good results. Six patients were treated by surgical excision, 2 undergoing autotransplantation of the excised gland into the anterior abdominal wall.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID： 486909 DOI： 10.1002/bjs.1800660805
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Surg ISSN： 0007-1323 Impact factor: 6.939