Removal of Ectopic Lingual Thyroid : A Case Report

Ichiro MORIKURA1, Noriaki AOI1, Yasuhiko SHIMIZU1, Takafuimi FUCHIWAKI1, Yukie TAMURA1, Mitsuhiro KIMURA2, Akemichi MURATA3, Emmanuel Prokopakis4 and Hideyuki KAWAUCHI1 1Department of Otolaryngology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo city, 6938501, Japan 2Department of Otolaryngology, Shimane Prefectural Hospital, 4-1-1 Himehara-cho, Izumo city,693-8555, Japan 3Department of Otolaryngology, National Hospital Organization, Hamada Medical Center, Asai-machi 77712, Hamada city, 697-8511 4Department of Otolaryngology, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklio, Crete, Greece (Received October 26, 2011: Accepted December 14, 2011)