Lingual thyroid

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Lingual Thyroid
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Lingual Thyroid

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Notice the large lingual thyroid on the base of the tongue of this professional singer. Courtesy of Anthony F Jahn MD, FACS, FRCS [C} Mount Sinai Hospital New York.  

Lingual Thyroid
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Lingual Thyroid

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The pink raised lesion in the midline of the base of the tongue in this patient is a lingual thyroid. Significant expansion of a lingual thyroid may occur at puberty and in pregnancy.