Asymptomatic lingual thyroid:one-year follow-up with-thyroxine suppressive therapy- case report

Year 1995, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 189 - 191, 01.10.1995

Ö.A. Gürlek S. Sayınalp F. Telatar

Abstract

Lingual thyroid is a rare congenital anomaly, resulting from maldescent of thyroid tissue during embryonic development. Here we describe a case with lingual thyroid and subclinical hypothyroidism. Suppressive therapy with L-Thyroxine resulted with an uneventful one-year follow-up period.

In view of the clinical course of this patient and review of the literature, we conclude that, suppressive therapy with L-Thyroxine should be preferred to surgical therapy initially in patients with asymptomatic lingual thyroid.

Keywords

Lingual thyroid / asymptomatic / L-Thyroxine

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