Table 2: A Summary of clinical manifestations of ectopic thyroid.
Yoon et al. [5] Gu et al. [6] Patil et al. [7] Gopal et al. [8] Total
Number 49 42 17 36 144
Sex (Male: Female) 6:43 7:35 2:15 14:22 29:115
Age
<10 year
10-29 Year
>=30 Year
(range)
13
26
10
1y-29y
2
11
29
6y-85y
7
8
2
2m-50y
ND
ND
ND
5m-40y
(22)
(45)
(41)

Location
Lingual
Dual
Others
23
7
19
27
5
10
4
1
12
17
0
19
71
13
60
Symptoms
Mass
Others
20
29
25
17
19
17
64
63
Thyroid function
Euthyroid
Hypothyroid
16
26
8
7
0
16
6
30
30
79