The gland that never descended: Preoperative transarterial embolization of a symptomatic lingual thyroid
Orlando Díaz, Helio García · 2026
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Description
Orlando Díaz and one colleague report a case of lingual thyroid, a thyroid gland that never descended and instead sits at the base of the tongue. Their patient, a forty-three-year-old woman, had growing trouble swallowing, hoarseness, and a lump-in-throat feeling from the richly supplied mass.
Before surgery, doctors blocked the mass's tongue arteries with tiny particles and a liquid agent, draining most of its blood supply. A robot-assisted removal through the mouth the next day lost only about five milliliters of blood. Removing her only thyroid tissue caused expected underactivity, which a daily hormone tablet controlled well at two months.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Orlando Díaz, Helio García |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |