A case of Hymenolepis diminuta (rat tape worm) infestation in a child

Abstract

The occurrence of ectopic thyroid tissue is a relatively rare developmental abnormality which is consequent to aberrant embryogenesis of the primordial thyroid gland during its passage from the floor of the primitive foregut to its final pre-tracheal position [1,2]. Its occurrence is around one per one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand of human population. In clinical practice the References