Lingual Thyroid-CT
In the first trimester of embryonic development, the thyroid gland originates in the back of the tongue and migrates to the front of the neck. When migration fails and the gland remains in the base of the tongue, it is called lingual thyroid or ectopic lingual thyroid. Lingual thyroids are four times more common in females than in males. This is a 23 year old female who presented with tongue mass. CT shows an hyperdense ectopic thyroid in the midline base of tongue.
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Lingual Thyroid-CT
Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Sumer Sethi
Unique blend of academic excellence and entrepreneurship, heading leading firms in India- Teleradiology Providers, pioneering company providing teleradiology services and DAMS (Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences) Premier test preparation institute in India for MD/MS/MCI preparation. He has also been an invited faculty member at various conferences, including Teleradiology in IRIA 2008 and 2011, Hospital Build Middle East, Congress of the Brain Tumor Radiology in Neuro-oncology Society. Dr. Sethi is Editor-in-Chief of Internet Journal of Radiology. He has a keen interest in Web 2.0 technologies and in maintaining his famous radiology blog, which has been featured in multiple international journals.
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