Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid Gland. A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Authors

  • Nikolaos Barbetakis Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Department,Thessaloniki
  • Asterios Chnaris G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Department, Thessaloniki
  • Pavlos Papoulidis G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Department, Thessaloniki
  • Paschalis Siobolas G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Department, Thessaloniki
  • Georgios Kostopoulos G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Department, Thessaloniki

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v5i2.169

Abstract

 

ABSTRACT

Background: Ectopic thyroid tissue is the result of abnormal migration of the thyroid gland from the floor of the primitive foregut to its pretracheal position.

Case presentation: A case of a 59-year-old man with a posterior mediastinal mass that proved to be ectopic intrathoracic thyroid is presented.  The mass was completely excised through a right posterolateral thoracotomy and pathologic examination confirmed multinodular goiter. Relevant literature is briefly reviewed.

Conclusions: Surgical excision is the mainstay of the treatment for almost all mediastinal masses including ectopic thyroid.

 

 

KEY WORDS: ectopic thyroid, mediastinum

 

 

 

 

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Published

2010-02-19

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2010)

Section

CASE REPORTS

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