The lingual thyroid is the most common form of thyroid ectopy. The ectopic tissue may
display any disease affecting the thyroid, including malignancies, which have an estimated …

Objective Clinically significant lingual thyroid tissue has a prevalence of 1/3000–10,000, and
in 70% of these individuals, the lingual thyroid is their only thyroid tissue. Malignant …

A lingual thyroid is a mass of ectopic thyroid tissue located in the midline of the base of the
tongue. Its estimated prevalence ranges from 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 10,000 population. We report …

Objectives: To discuss treatment options and surgical management of lingual thyroid
carcinoma with cervical metastasis. Study Design: Lingual thyroid is relatively uncommon …

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 …

Ectopic thyroid tissue may reside anywhere along its embryologic path of descent. Most
ectopias manifest as simple thyroglossal duct cysts in conjunction with a normally developed …

Lingual thyroid is a relatively rare developmental anomaly resulting from the failure of
thyroid primordium to migrate from its embryonic site of origin, the foramen cecum, to its …

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 …

Discussion To date, only 44 cases of lingual thyroid carcinoma have been reported. 4, 10 Of
these 44 patients, 26 were female patients and 16 were male patients (2 reports did not …

Discussion In this case report, we describe a patient with papillary thyroid cancer who had a
lingual thyroid masquerading as a metastatic focus. Although the endocrine literature is …