Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 24, 2026
04:01
Transoral Robotic Total Thyroidectomy and Bilateral Central Regional Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Published on: September 15, 2023
1.9K
Incidental lingual thyroid informs surgery
Alyce Goode1, Cheryl McKellar1, Melanie Carter1
1Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
|September 6, 2014
Abstract:
This case study presents an incidental noting of a lingual thyroid on thyroid scintigraphy that had implications in later breast surgery. This information changed patient management and mitigated risk during intubation for breast cancer surgery.
