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case_images: Endoscopic examination revealing a swelling in the glossoepiglottic space close to the foramen cecum, with an approximate diameter of 3 cm, reddish color and with an irregular nonulcerated surface.
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case_images: Fiberoptic endoscopy identified the swelling in the glossoepiglottic area (Figure 1).
case_images: Thyroid scintigraphy showing a single contrast enhancement at the back of the lingual region, instead of in the normal anatomic position.
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case_images: A thyroid scintigraphy, with technetium-99 pertechnetate, showed a single contrast enhancement in the sublingual region, instead of in the normal anatomical position of the thyroid (Figure 2).
case_images: Carotid arteriography showing that superior and inferior thyroid arteries were bilaterally absent and that the mass was supplied by small collateral branches of the lingual arteries: (A) anterior view and (B) lateral view.
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case_images: The superior and inferior thyroid arteries were bilaterally absent (Figure 3).
case_images: Surgical specimen.
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