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If you do a search for Lingual Thyroid you'll find lots of hits. It's a medical condition.
If you do a search for Lingual Thyroid you'll find lots of hits. It's a medical condition.
Lingual thyroid gland is a rare clinical entity caused by failure of the gland to descend from in anlage, early during the course of embryogenesis. The symptoms may include dysphagia, dyspnea, dyphonia, stridor, and rarely bleeding. Any time there is an increase demand for thyroid hormone like, puberty, pregnancy, trauma, infection, and menopause, the symptoms may become drastic. This may cause severe respiratory distress resulting in a medical emergency. Treatment may include thyroid ablation through radioactive iodine treatment or surgical removal.
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lingual tonsils
Lingual braces are placed on the back side of your teeth. So, they are called as hidden braces. From: http://bracesprices.net/lingual-braces/lingual-braces-go-unnoticed/
Lingual artery
The lingual veins begin on the sides, and underneath the tongue, and, passing backward along the course of the lingual artery, end in the internal jugular vein.
my little boy has a blood blister on his lingual frenulum, is this dangerous
A lingual pit on the lingual surface of a maxillary molar is at an increased risk for cavities, due to both increased biofilm retention and thinness of enamel forming the walls of the pit. Enamel sealants are recommended to be used on the lingual surfaces of erupting teeth, although sealants have been shown to not bond as easily on lingual surfaces as they do on the occlusal surfaces.
A search of webmd.com was unsuccessful in finding lingual pneumonia. The tissue underneath the tongue is called the lingual frenulum; webmd.com references to the lingualfrenulum related specifically to "tongue - tie(ankyloglossia) a birth defect in which the tissue that attaches the tongue to the bottom of the mouth (lingual frenulum) is abnormally short."
No, the multi lingual menu only displays instruction in English, French, and spanish.