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ArticleGland surgery2017

An ectopic intrathyroidal thymic tissue and intrathymic parathyroid tissue in a patient with Graves disease.

Kelly O'Connor, Hassan Alzahrani, Fadi Murad, Philip Daroca, Emad Kandil

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Article in Gland surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Perspectives on the Parathyroid-Thymus Interconnection-A Literature Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kelly O'ConnorDepartment of Surgery, Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Hassan AlzahraniDepartment of Surgery, Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Fadi MuradDepartment of Surgery, Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Philip DarocaDepartment of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Emad KandilDepartment of Surgery, Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Tulane University · USKing Khalid University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ectopic intrathyroidal thymic tissue, with coinciding intrathymic parathyroid tissue, is a very rare occurrence that is most often found incidentally in adults during surgery. We report a 23-year-old female who presented with Graves disease refractory to medical treatment. Radioactive iodine uptake demonstrated increased, diffuse uptake in the region of the thyroid. The patient underwent a total thyroidectomy and right inferior parathyroidectomy which was found enlarged intraoperatively. Histopathologically, surgical specimen demonstrated characteristics of intrathyroidal thymic tissue and intrathymic parathyroid tissue. Intrathyroidal thymic tissue can be identified preoperatively on ultrasonography, but the significance of this finding is unknown.

Indexed as

Graves diseaseparathyroidectomyparathyroid glandspathologythymus glandThyroidectomy

Identifiers

PMID29302491
PMCPMC5750306
OpenAlexW2762302439

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