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KMID : 0377819930130101273
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Diagnosis and Treatment
1993 Volume.13 No. 10 p.1273 ~ p.1275
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LINGUAL THYROID
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Abstract
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We experienced a case of lingual thyroid in a 52years old female patient. The patient suffered from mild swallowing difficalty and hoarseness for several yesrs. Laboratory findings showed normal thyroid function and imaging Stadies such as neck X-ray, MRI and radio isotope thyroid scan showed. throid tissue in the tongue base. The patient´s symptom was mild, and fine needle aspiration cytology of the lingual thyroid had no evidelce of malignancy. We administered synthetic thyroid hormone to the patient to sup-press the size of the Lingual thyroid.
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