A case of lingual thyroid presenting with severe hematemesis in pregnancy

Lingual thyroid is a rare anomaly with symptoms such as upper airway obstruction, dysphagia, or hypothyroidism. However, bleeding is a very rare manifestation. This report describes a case of lingual thyroid in women with 28 weeks of amenorrhea and hematemesis, and its course of diagnosis and treatm...

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Main Authors: Amol Sudke, Amit Dey, Suchin Dhamanskar, Varsha Kulkarni
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-04-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/1450-1147.167580
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description Lingual thyroid is a rare anomaly with symptoms such as upper airway obstruction, dysphagia, or hypothyroidism. However, bleeding is a very rare manifestation. This report describes a case of lingual thyroid in women with 28 weeks of amenorrhea and hematemesis, and its course of diagnosis and treatment. The pathogenesis of lingual thyroid is unknown. Although ectopic lingual thyroid is usually not managed surgically, excision of ectopic lingual thyroid can be lifesaving when it is causing bleeding or airway obstruction. However, during pregnancy, surgery is the preferred mode of treatment.
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spelling doaj-art-7ed54ef67a9c4c0fa181c0316c57437d2025-08-20T02:54:43ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.World Journal of Nuclear Medicine1450-11471607-33122016-04-01150213413610.4103/1450-1147.167580A case of lingual thyroid presenting with severe hematemesis in pregnancyAmol Sudke0Amit Dey1Suchin Dhamanskar2Varsha Kulkarni3Department of General Surgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, MaharashtraDepartment of General Surgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, MaharashtraDepartment of General Surgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, MaharashtraDepartment of General Surgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, MaharashtraLingual thyroid is a rare anomaly with symptoms such as upper airway obstruction, dysphagia, or hypothyroidism. However, bleeding is a very rare manifestation. This report describes a case of lingual thyroid in women with 28 weeks of amenorrhea and hematemesis, and its course of diagnosis and treatment. The pathogenesis of lingual thyroid is unknown. Although ectopic lingual thyroid is usually not managed surgically, excision of ectopic lingual thyroid can be lifesaving when it is causing bleeding or airway obstruction. However, during pregnancy, surgery is the preferred mode of treatment.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/1450-1147.167580hematemesislingual thyroidpregnancy
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A case of lingual thyroid presenting with severe hematemesis in pregnancy
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lingual thyroid
pregnancy
title A case of lingual thyroid presenting with severe hematemesis in pregnancy
title_full A case of lingual thyroid presenting with severe hematemesis in pregnancy
title_fullStr A case of lingual thyroid presenting with severe hematemesis in pregnancy
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title_short A case of lingual thyroid presenting with severe hematemesis in pregnancy
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