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Descriptor English: Lingual Thyroid
Descriptor Spanish: Tiroides Lingual
Descriptor tiroides lingual
Scope note: Afección caracterizada por la presencia de tejido tiroideo rudimentario en la base de la LENGUA. Se debe a una alteración del desarrollo y migración embrionarios del tejido tiroideo a su posición normal. En general, el tiroides lingual no puede mantener una adecuada producción hormonal, por lo que se produce HIPOTIROIDISMO.Afección caracterizada por la presencia, en la base de la lengua, de tejido rudimentario de la GLÁNDULA TIROIDES. Se debe a una alteración del desarrollo y migración embrionarios del tejido tiroideo a su posición normal. En general, el tiroides lingual no puede mantener una producción adecuada de hormona, determinando un HIPOTIROIDISMO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tireoide Lingual
Descriptor French: Thyroïde linguale
Entry term(s): Lingual Thyroids
Thyroid, Lingual
Thyroids, Lingual
Tree number(s): C16.131.894.500
C19.874.689.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D046151
Scope note: A condition characterized by the presence of rudimentary THYROID tissue at the base of the TONGUE. It is due to failed embryonic development and migration of thyroid tissue to its normal location. The lingual thyroid usually cannot maintain adequate hormone production thereby resulting in HYPOTHYROIDISM.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Thyroid Gland (1965-2004)
Tongue (1965-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38647
Unique ID: D046151
NLM Classification: WK 201
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Lingual Thyroid - Preferred
Concept UI M0452908
Scope note A condition characterized by the presence of rudimentary THYROID tissue at the base of the TONGUE. It is due to failed embryonic development and migration of thyroid tissue to its normal location. The lingual thyroid usually cannot maintain adequate hormone production thereby resulting in HYPOTHYROIDISM.
Preferred term Lingual Thyroid
Entry term(s) Lingual Thyroids
Thyroid, Lingual
Thyroids, Lingual



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