Saturday, June 16, 2007

2 Focal Ectopic Thyroid, Jasmine Thanh Xuan, Ng Thien Hung, Phan Thanh Son, Medic Medical Center













A female patient 50 yo was detected randomly with a small nodule at the base of her tongue per ENT endoscopy. This nodule does not appear on neck ultrasound but an another mass was found at hyoid region by ultrasound: solid, echo poor, well vascularization, and no thyroid gland detected at the normal site. At last, on MSCT 64, the 2 ectopic thyroid focals were revealed, one at the base of the tongue and the other, at thyrohyoid membrane.

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