lingual thyroid

lingual thyroid
an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue located at the base of the tongue, between the foramen cecum and the hyoid bone. It may project into the pharynx, be entirely within the tongue, or be just beneath it; sometimes the normally located thyroid is lacking and this is the only thyroid tissue present.

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