%0 Journal Article %T Lingual Thyroid: A Case Report and Literature Review %J International Journal of Pediatrics %I Mashhad University of Medical Sciences %Z 2345-5047 %A Hashemian, Somayeh %A Eshraqhi, Peyman %A Vakili, Rahim %A Behnam, Mahdi %D 2017 %\ 11/01/2017 %V 5 %N 11 %P 6049-6055 %! Lingual Thyroid: A Case Report and Literature Review %K Ectopic thyroid %K Hypothyroidism %K Lingual thyroid %K Thyroid dysgenesis %R 10.22038/ijp.2017.24949.2109 %X Thyroid ectopia is a dysgenesis of thyroid gland and Lingual position represents the most frequent ectopic location accounting up to 90% of ectopic cases. Hypothyroidism is commonly present because of absence of a normal thyroid gland in most instances. Primary hypothyroidism in juvenile population generally leads to retardation of linear growth and delay or even arrested puberty. We present a 20 years old female with typical and profound presentation of hypothyroidism due to lingual thyroid. %U https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_9261_26187ebde8a0769ef97416cc72c099dc.pdf