Open AccessEctopic goitrous submandibular thyroid with goitrous orthotopic thyroid gland
Author(s) -
Avinash Kumar Bhardwaj,
Vinayaga Mani,
Rashmi Dixit,
Anju Garg
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series/indian journal of radiology and imaging/indian journal of radiology and imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-3026
pISSN - 0970-2016
DOI - 10.4103/0971-3026.184420
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , ectopic thyroid , differential diagnosis , pathology , submandibular gland , thyroid carcinoma , endocrinology
Ectopic thyroid is a rare developmental anomaly with lingual thyroid accounting for majority of the cases. The presence of ectopic thyroid tissue lateral to the midline is very rare, and very few cases located in the submandibular region have been reported. The simultaneous finding of submandibular ectopic thyroid tissue and a functional orthotopic thyroid gland is even rarer. In the differential diagnosis of an ectopic submandibular thyroid, it is fundamental to exclude a metastasis from well-differentiated thyroid cancer, even when primary thyroid carcinoma is not demonstrable.