Lingual Thyroid with Subclinical Hypothyroidism in a Young Female

Figure 2

Computed tomography (CT) scan of the neck. Axial noncontrast CT image with a well-defined relatively hyperdense nodule in the midline at the base of the tongue (a), axial contrast-enhanced CT showing homogeneous enhancement (b), sagittal contrast-enhanced CT image with an enhancing nodule at the level of C2-C3 vertebra causing narrowing of the oropharyngeal lumen (c), axial contrast-enhanced CT image below the cricoid cartilage without orthotopic thyroid (d), coronal maximum intensity projection (MIP) image with a nodule in the midline (e) with absent orthotopic thyroid, and volume rendered image with a nodule in the midline (f).

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