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Imaging of huge lingual thyroid gland with goitre

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We present the CT and MRI findings in a 75-year-old woman with a huge pathologically proven lingual thyroid which underwent goitrous degeneration. CT and MRI showed a midline, tongue-based, exophytic mass with areas of necrosis and heterogeneous contrast enhancement, as seen in large goitres in the normal thyroid gland.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defence Medical Centre, 8, Sec. 3, Ting-Chou Road, Taipei, Taiwan, , , , , , TW

    C.-C. Lee, C.-Y. Chen, F.-H. Chen, G.-W. Lee & H.-S. Hsiao

  2. Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St. and Civic Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19014, USA, , , , , , US

    R. A. Zimmermann

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  1. C.-C. Lee
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Received: 16 June 1997 Accepted: 23 June 1997

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Lee, CC., Chen, CY., Chen, FH. et al. Imaging of huge lingual thyroid gland with goitre. Neuroradiology 40, 335–337 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050595

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