Existence of ectopic thyroid glands at two different locations is very rare. Only 27 cases of
such dual ectopia have been reported in the English literature. Huang et al30 described the …

Ectopic thyroid tissue remains a rare developmental abnormality involving defective or
aberrant embryogenesis of the thyroid gland during its passage from the floor of the primitive …

The thyroid and parathyroid glands are cervical endocrine glands responsible for
metabolism-related functions. Radiologists are frequently asked to evaluate pathology …

Context: More than 99% of thyroid cancers arise eutopically within the thyroid gland. The
most frequent sites of ectopic thyroid tissue are lingual, sublingual, thyroglossal …

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 …

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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 …

Thyroid ectopia can occur when the process of thyroid embryogenesis fails. Here, we
present the case of a 30-year-old woman with thyroid ectopia that was discovered during …

The follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) constitutes a distinct class of
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), presenting unique challenges to the clinician and …

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 …