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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2016; 26(02): 245-248
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.184420
Head & Neck

Ectopic goitrous submandibular thyroid with goitrous orthotopic thyroid gland

Avinash Kumar Bhardwaj
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Vinayaga Mani
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Rashmi Dixit
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Anju Garg
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Ectopic thyroid - midline ectopic thyroid - submandibular ectopic thyroid


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Article published online:
30 July 2021

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