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Papillary carcinoma arising in lingual thyroid
Jesús Sastre Pérez1, Mario Muñoz, Luis Naval
1Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, "La Princesa" University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. jsastrep@informed.es
Abstract:
Lingual thyroid is a well-known developmental abnormality, malignant transformation of which is rare. This is a case report of a papillary carcinoma located in ectopic lingual thyroid tissue, in a 28-year-old white male. A search of the literature revealed only one more such report.