A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid

Volume: 41 Number: 3 September 1, 2015
  • Coşkun Özer Demirtaş
  • Pınar Şişman
  • Sercan Sınır
  • Özen Öz Gül
  • Canan Ersoy
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A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid

Abstract

Thyroid tissue passes through thyroglossal duct during embryologic life and locates to the normal pretracheal position. Depending on the defective embryonic development and abnormal migration to another location of thyroid tissue, ectopic thyroid tissue occurs. Here we pre-sent a female patient aged 27, with submental localized lingual thyroid tissue, who presented with hypotiroidisim at childhood. There was no thyroid tissue at the normal thyroid region by ultrasonography and 1.5 cm radiopharmaceutical uptake was spotted at thyroid scintigraphy. Submental localized ectopic thyroid tissue was diagnosed with clinical evaluation and imaging methods. The patient, without any pressure symptoms, was followed up by treatment with L-thyroxine. Ectopic thyroid tissue as a rare cause of hypothyroidism should be considered especially at patient who diagnosed hypothyroidism at early ages.

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Coşkun Özer Demirtaş This is me

Pınar Şişman This is me

Sercan Sınır This is me

Özen Öz Gül This is me

Canan Ersoy This is me

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September 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 41 Number: 3

APA
Demirtaş, C. Ö., Şişman, P., Sınır, S., Gül, Ö. Ö., & Ersoy, C. (2015). A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 41(3), 155-157. https://izlik.org/JA57UX79GE
AMA
1.Demirtaş CÖ, Şişman P, Sınır S, Gül ÖÖ, Ersoy C. A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2015;41(3):155-157. https://izlik.org/JA57UX79GE
Chicago
Demirtaş, Coşkun Özer, Pınar Şişman, Sercan Sınır, Özen Öz Gül, and Canan Ersoy. 2015. “A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 41 (3): 155-57. https://izlik.org/JA57UX79GE.
EndNote
Demirtaş CÖ, Şişman P, Sınır S, Gül ÖÖ, Ersoy C (September 1, 2015) A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 41 3 155–157.
IEEE
[1]C. Ö. Demirtaş, P. Şişman, S. Sınır, Ö. Ö. Gül, and C. Ersoy, “A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 155–157, Sept. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA57UX79GE
ISNAD
Demirtaş, Coşkun Özer - Şişman, Pınar - Sınır, Sercan - Gül, Özen Öz - Ersoy, Canan. “A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 41/3 (September 1, 2015): 155-157. https://izlik.org/JA57UX79GE.
JAMA
1.Demirtaş CÖ, Şişman P, Sınır S, Gül ÖÖ, Ersoy C. A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2015;41:155–157.
MLA
Demirtaş, Coşkun Özer, et al. “A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 41, no. 3, Sept. 2015, pp. 155-7, https://izlik.org/JA57UX79GE.
Vancouver
1.Coşkun Özer Demirtaş, Pınar Şişman, Sercan Sınır, Özen Öz Gül, Canan Ersoy. A Rare Cause of Hypothyroidism: Ectopic Thyroid. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 1;41(3):155-7. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA57UX79GE

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