Submental thyroid ectopy might cause subclinical hypothyroidism in early childhood

Objective: Thyroid ectopy is a rare condition resulting from abnormal embryologic development and migration of the gland. Sublingual is the most common thyroid ectopy; all other ectopic thyroid locations occur very rare. There are no reports in the literature that describe the clinical course of pat...

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Main Authors: Mirjana Kocova, Nikolina Zdraveska, Maja Zdravkovska, Violeta Anastasovska, Daniela Pop Gjorceva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-12-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X16683623