Successful Medical Management for Bleeding Lingual Thyroid

Abstract

Lingual thyroid is the most common ectopic location of the thyroid gland due to aberrant embryogenesis during thyroid migration. Most of the patients with lingual thyroid are asymptomatic and remain unnoticed. Few patients present with complications like dyspnoea, dysphagia, bleeding and rarely malignancy. We report a case of ectopic lingual thyroid presenting with bleeding and anemia which was successfully treated by medical management.