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nokkur grunsamleg einkenni svo sem herzli
og inndráttur. Af 373 tungurótarskjaldkirtl-
um, sem greint hafði verið frá fram til
1969, var 21 með krabbamein3 og í engu til-
felli var um barn að ræða.
Vegna ofangreindra ástæðna var barnið,
sem hér var sagt frá meðhöndlað, með
skjaldkirtilsvaka, en hinn fullorðni með
skurðaðgerð.
Mynd I er tekin upp úr grein G.T. Krishna-
murthy í Reference 2 bls. 174.
SUMMARY
A 38 year old white female was diagnosed by
I 131 as having a lingual thyroid, this is the
first ease diagnosed in Iceland. Because of the
firmness and central umbilication of the gland,
surgery wais advised and the gland was removed
by trans oral resection. The specimen weighed
5.88 gm and measured 3x2.2 cm, showed thyroid
tissue with degenerative changes, fibrosis and
calcification. Post-operative recovery was un-
eventful and the patient was placed on
thyroxine 2 mcg maintenance dose.
HEIMILDIR
1. Hickman, W.: Congenital tumors of the
base of the tongue pressing down the epig-
lottis on the larynx and causing death by
suffocation sixteen hours after birth. TRANS
PATH SOC. 20:160-161, 1869 (Quoted by
Krishnamurth in Acta Otolaryng. — Vol 96,
Aug. 1972).
2. Krishnamurthy, GT, Blahd, W.: Lingual
Thyroid Associated with Zenkers and Valle-
culer Diverticula. ARCH. OTOLARYNG 96:
171-175, 1972.
3. Fish, J. and Moore, R.M.: Ectopic thyroid
tissue and ectopic thyroid carcinoma a re-
view of the literature and report of a case.
Ann. SURG. 157, 212-218, 1963.
4. Hung, W.: Lingual and sublingual thyroid
glands in euthyroid children. PEDIATRICS
38:647-651, 1966.
Árið 1968, frá vinstri: Bjami Jónsson, Bragi Guðmundsson,
hjúkrunariíona og Páll B. Helgason.