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- M Zackaria, E J Chisholm, N S Tolley, A Rice, and A Chhatwani.
- Department of Otolaryngology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK. drzackaria@hotmail.com
- J Laryngol Otol. 2010 Mar 1; 124 (3): 349-51.
ObjectiveWe report a case of a multinodular goitre developing in a lingual thyroid.MethodCase report, and discussion of the embryology and treatment of lingual thyroids.Case ReportA 66-year-old woman presented with dysphagia secondary to a multinodular lingual goitre. A previously silent lingual thyroid had undergone multinodular change to cause dysphagia and eventually airway compromise. The goitre was excised via a midline, mandible-splitting approach.ConclusionLingual thyroids have an incidence of one in 3,000 to 10,000. There has not previously been a reported case of such an ectopic gland undergoing multinodular changes and presenting in later life.
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