- 이소성 갑상선 1례 및 국내 증례의 임상적 고찰
- A Case of Ectopic Thyroid with Clinical Evaluation of Fifteen Cases
- ㆍ 저자명
- 고중화,안성윤,송정환,박승구
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 大韓氣管食道科學會誌
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 1999년|5권 1호|pp.55-61 (7 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한기관식도과학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
The authors recently experienced a case of ectopic thyroid. A 15-year-old female patient visited to ENT department with the complaint of the submental neck mass. On physical examination, the mass was relatively firm, non tender and 3$ imes$2cm in size. Oral cavity examination revealed 0.5$ imes$0.5cm sized pink colored mass near the foramen cecum area. Suspecting ectopic thyroid, thyroid function test, thyroid scan, neck computed tomogram scan were performed. Thyroid scan revealed a functioning thyroid on the lingual and submental area without normal uptake in the anterior neck area. Thyroid (unction test was normal. Pre-contrast computed tomogram scan revealed an ectopic thyroid in the lingual and submental area. A review of literature concerning ectopic thyroid was discussed.