Lingual Goiter

Pathological enlargement of the LINGUAL THYROID, ectopic thyroid tissue at the base of the TONGUE. It may cause upper AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; DYSPHAGIA; or HYPOTHYROIDISM symptoms.

Also Known As:

Goiter, Lingual; Goiters, Lingual; Lingual Goiters

Networked: 8 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities: 933
- Congenital Abnormalities: 25723
  - Thyroid Dysgenesis: 306
    - Lingual Thyroid: 88
      - Lingual Goiter: 8
Endocrine System Diseases: 968
- Thyroid Diseases: 6126
  - Goiter: 5481
    - Lingual Goiter: 8
  - Thyroid Dysgenesis: 306
    - Lingual Thyroid: 88
      - Lingual Goiter: 8

Related Diseases

1.	Thyroiditis
2.	Rhinophyma

Experts

1.	Delemarre, Luçan C: 1 article (10/2022)
2.	Mooij, Christiaan F: 1 article (10/2022)
3.	Smets, Anne M B J: 1 article (10/2022)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Lingual Goiter:

1.	Triiodothyronine (Liothyronine)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/1959 - "Treatment of a lingual goiter with triiodothyronine."
2.	Thyroxine (Levothyroxine)FDA LinkGeneric 10/01/2022 - "Suboptimal levothyroxine treatment resulted in longstanding TSH stimulation causing a lingual goiter."
3.	IodineIBA 05/01/1956 - "A lingual goiter treated with radioactive iodine."

Therapies and Procedures

Therapeutics

02/25/1984 - "Medical therapy was at first sufficient to control the progressive increase in thyroid volume, but adolescence and pregnancies induced a further increment in the volume of the lingual goiter, accompanied by an impairment of swallowing and respiration. "
11/04/1981 - "[Lingual goiter - differential diagnosis and therapy]."
11/20/1980 - "[Lingual goiter with special regard to diagnosis and therapy]."
08/01/1994 - "The other 6 nongoitrous patients (3M and 3F) (atrophic thyroiditis in 2, lingual goiter in 2 and probable hypoplastic thyroid in 2) showed physical growth retardation and remained irreversibly hypothyroid requiring replacement therapy. "
09/01/1952 - "[Therapy of rhinophyma and the lingual goiter; their hereditary pathology]."