Lingual Thyroid Diagnosed as a Cause of Cretinism: A Case Report

Authors

  • Jasmine Ara Haque Principal Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Science, Mitford, Dhaka
  • Hosne Ara Rahman Principal Medical Officer, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Science, Mitford, Dhaka
  • Waseka Akhter Jahan Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jcamr.v1i2.20518

Keywords:

Hypothyroidism, lingual thyroid, cretinism

Abstract

Hypothyroidism is one of the common endocrine disorders. Causes are variable. It can be congenital or acquired. Congenital hypothyroidism termed as cretinism. Lingual thyroid is one of the rare congenital anomaly causing hypothyroidism. Its clinical incidence varies between 1/3000 and 1/10,000.  Up to 70% of patients with lingual thyroid have hypothyroidism and 10% suffer from cretinism. Here a 14 year old short stuttered obese female present with the complaints of voice change & weight gain. Biochemically she was diagnosed as hypothyroid. To find out the cause it was detected the gland was not in normal position but in the lingual position which was detected by SPECT CT Tc-99m isotope thyroid scan. The patient was treated with levo-thyroxin accordingly and was improved.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jcamr.v1i2.20518

Journal of Current and Advance Medical Research Vol.1(2) 2014: 42-48

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Published

2014-07-01

How to Cite

Haque, J. A., Rahman, H. A., & Jahan, W. A. (2014). Lingual Thyroid Diagnosed as a Cause of Cretinism: A Case Report. Journal of Current and Advance Medical Research, 1(2), 42–45. https://doi.org/10.3329/jcamr.v1i2.20518

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014)

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Case Reports

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