The world's first wiki where authorship really matters (Nature Genetics, 2008). Due credit and reputation for authors. Imagine a global collaborative knowledge base for original thoughts. Search thousands of articles and collaborate with scientists around the globe.

wikigene or wiki gene protein drug chemical gene disease author authorship tracking collaborative publishing evolutionary knowledge reputation system wiki2.0 global collaboration genes proteins drugs chemicals diseases compound
Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 

Editor

Share

Personal info

View

Links

About

Terms

 

 
 

Submandibular ectopic thyroid gland.

Ectopic thyroid glands are generally a rare entity appearing mostly in the cervical midline (90% of the cases) and even more rarely in other anatomical sites (10%). We present the case of an ectopic submandibular thyroid gland. An 81-year-old woman was referred to our department with a history of right-sided submandibular swelling. Preoperative FNA revealed benign ectopic thyroid tissue. The patient was submitted to resection of the mass. Histological examination of the specimen confirmed the diagnosis. A substitution treatment with thyroxin was initiated postoperatively, as this was the only functional thyroid tissue. Review of the literature revealed 18 similar cases. Physicians should be aware of the possibility that a submandibular swelling could be an ectopic thyroid gland. This entity poses specific diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Thorough preoperative diagnostics and resection of the ectopic tissue guarantee a good outcome.[1]

References

  1. Submandibular ectopic thyroid gland. Zieren, J., Paul, M., Scharfenberg, M., Menenakos, C. The Journal of craniofacial surgery (2006) [Pubmed]
Annotations and hyperlinks in this abstract are from individual authors of WikiGenes or automatically generated by the WikiGenes Data Mining Engine. The abstract is from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.About WikiGenesOpen Access LicencePrivacy PolicyTerms of Useapsburg
 
WikiGenes - Universities