[Papillary-follicular carcinoma arising in a lingual thyroid]

Abstract

Objectives: The management of diagnosis, treatment and outcome of malignant neoplasm arising in a lingual thyroid.

Material and methods: We report a case of papillary-follicular carcinoma arising in a lingual thyroid.

Results: Lingual carcinoma causes dysphagia and pain due to oropharyngeal obstruction. Surgical pharyngotomy with a trans-hyoid approach provides good access to the lesions. Therefore, the eutopic thyroid was present, in pretracheal position, without neoplastic proliferation.

Conclusions: Carcinoma arising in lingual thyroid is an extreme rare entity. Its diagnosis is histologic. Its treatment is surgical associated with radio-iodine therapy.