PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mohammed H. Al-Akeely
TI  - Dual thyroid ectopia
DP  - 2003 Sep 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1021--1023
VI  - 24
IP  - 9
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/9/1021.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/9/1021.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2003 Sep 01; 24
AB  - Ectopic thyroid gland is a rare embryological fault of thyroid development. Dual ectopic thyroid is even more rare and only 8 cases have been reported in the literature. The author presents a case of dual ectopic thyroid in a 16-year-old boy with an anterior neck mass, which is gradually growing in size particularly in the last 2 years. The initial diagnosis was thyroglossal duct cyst. Thyroid function test revealed elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone. Ultrasound of the neck did not show thyroid gland in its normal pretracheal position. Thyroid scan (Technetium 99) revealed the diagnosis of dual thyroid ectopia (lingual and subhyoid).