Lingual and Mediastinal Ectopic Thyroid with No Normal Thyroid Gland – A Very Rare Occurrence
Introduction Ectopic thyroid is a rare congenital condition. Dual ectopic thyroid is rarer still with only 30 cases reported in literature.
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Simultaneous Occurrence of Thyroiditis in Ectopic and Eutopic Thyroid Masquerading as Thyroglossal Cyst [PDF]
Ectopic thyroid gland is a rare condition usually presenting with neck swelling or hypothyroidism. In most cases, ectopic thyroid tissue is the only functioning thyroid tissue, but it may rarely be associated with normal thyroid gland. Thyroiditis in an
Aditi Chopra +4 more
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An Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma of the Giant-Cell Type from a Mediastinal Ectopic Thyroid Gland
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rare, aggressive form of thyroid carcinoma with a mean survival of less than 6 months. Ectopic thyroid tissue can be present in the mediastinum due to faulty embryogenesis with improper descent.
Daniel Nguyen +4 more
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Ectopic lingual thyroid: The role of imaging
Ectopic thyroid tissue may be found throughout the migration course of the thyroid gland. Thyroid ectopy may be partial or total. The most common location of ectopic thyroid tissue is in the tongue base (lingual thyroid).
J. Kew, A. Ahuja, P. Scott
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Ectopic goitrous submandibular thyroid with goitrous orthotopic thyroid gland
Ectopic thyroid is a rare developmental anomaly with lingual thyroid accounting for majority of the cases. The presence of ectopic thyroid tissue lateral to the midline is very rare, and very few cases located in the submandibular region have been ...
Avinash Kumar Bhardwaj +3 more
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Submandibular ectopic thyroid gland: an uncommon presentation
Background Ectopic thyroid is a developmental anomaly of the thyroid gland of embryological origin. Instead of having a pretracheal situation, thyroid tissue is elsewhere, most commonly in the median cervical line along the course of the thyroglossal ...
Inès Riahi +3 more
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Ectopic thyroid: The great mimicker
Ectopic thyroid tissue is very rare, but its prevalence increases in those with thyroid pathology. It typically occurs due to aberrant development of the thyroid gland during its migration to the pretracheal region. In this report, there are two cases of
Yazdan Raji +3 more
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Concurrence of Thyrolipomatosis with Hyperthyroidism and Ectopic Thyroid Tissue
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Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma in Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in a Neonate. [PDF]
AbstractA full-term male neonate presented with a left sided cervical lump at the level of the thyroid gland. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a benign heterogeneous solid mass with lobulated margins. The tumor underwent complete excision. Histology revealed the diagnosis of chondromesenchymal hamartoma in ectopic thyroid tissue.
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Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report [PDF]
Median ectopic thyroid may be encountered anywhere from the foramen caecum to the diaphragm. Non lingual median aberrant thyroid (incomplete descent) usually found in the infrahyoid region and malignant transformation in this ectopic thyroid tissue is ...
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