Case Report

Hypertrophic Lingual Thyroid Causing Sleep Apnea

10.5152/tao.2014.186

  • Harun Soyalıç
  • Erkan Gökçe
  • Battal Tahsin Somuk
  • Can Koçak
  • Ahmet Eyibilen

Received Date: 30.10.2013 Accepted Date: 26.02.2014 Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2014;52(2):74-76

Ectopic lingual thyroid disorder, developing as a consequence of thyroid gland migration during early embryogenesis, is a rarely seen congenital anomaly. In this paper, we report a 39-year-old male patient with snoring and moderate-level obstructive sleep apnea who received the diagnosis of lingual thyroid at our clinic. We treated the patient with thyroxin suppression therapy. During our clinical follow-ups, the amount of lingual thyroid tissue significantly decreased, and the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea disappeared.

ÖZET

Ektopik lingual tiroid hastalığı tiroid bezinin erken embriyogenezindeki migrasyon hastalığı sonucu oluşan nadir bir konjenital anomalidir. Bu yazıda horlama, orta derecede obstrüktif uyku apnesi olan ve kliniğimizce lingual tiroid tanısı almış 39 yaşındaki erkek hasta sunulmuştur. Hasta tiroksin süpresyon terapisi ile tedavi edilmiştir. Klinik takiplerimizde lingual tiroid dokusu belirgin olarak küçülmüş ve obstrüktif uyku apnesi semptomları kaybolmuştur.

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Keywords: Lingual thyroid, obstructive sleep apnea, thyroxin suppression therapy