A Lingual Thyroid Associated With Congenital Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Abstract
This is a case report of an extremely rare case of a lingual thyroid associated with profound bilateral congenital sensorineural hearing loss in a Sudanese girl. To our knowledge this association has not been previously reported.
:الملخص
هذا تقرير حالة نادرة الحدوث لغدة درقية لسانية مرتبطة مع صمم حسي عصبي ولادي وخيم ثنائي الجانب لدى فتاة سودانية. حسب علمنا هذا الإرتباط لم يسبق الإبلاغ عنه
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1. Bogner, U, Hegedus, L, Hansen, JM, et al. Thyroid cytotoxic antibodies in atrophic and goitrous autoimmune thyroiditis. Eur J Endocrinol 1995; 132:69.
2. Tunbridge, WM, Evered, DC, Hall, R, et al. The spectrum of thyroid disease in a community: the Whickham survey. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1977; 7:481.
3. Elamin, A, Goitre and deaf-mutism. Ups-J-Med-Sci. 1991; 96(3): 213-8
4. Brown, RL, Azizkhan, RG. Pediatric head and neck lesions. Pediatr Clin North Am 1998; 45:889.
5. G.H. Zalzal, K. Patterson, R. Cotton, Congenital tumors of the dorsum of the tongue, Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 28 (1994) 219–227.
6. Katz AD, Zager WJ: The lingual thyroid. Its diagnosis and treatment. Arch Surg 102582-585, 1971.
7. Pera A., Dossena S., Rodighero S., et al; Functional assessment of allelic variants in the SLC26A4 gene involved in Pendred syndrome and nonsyndromic EVA. Proc natl acad sci USA; 2008 Nov 25;105(47).
8. Jackler, RK, Luxford, WM, House, WF. Congenital malformations of the inner ear: a classification based on embryogenesis. Laryngoscope 1987; 97:2.
Published
2012-01-01
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ELMUSTAFA, Osman M; ABDELKARIM, Mohammed El M; OSMAN, Wail N.
A Lingual Thyroid Associated With Congenital Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss.
Gezira Journal of Health Sciences, [S.l.], v. 8, n. 1, jan. 2012.
ISSN 1810-5386. Available at: <http://37.60.236.48/index.php/gjhs/article/view/322>. Date accessed: 03 june 2026.
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