ReviewBMC surgery2018
Diagnosis and management of a mediastinal ectopic thyroid laying on the right bronchus: case report and review of literature.
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- Primary mediastinal ectopic thyroid in a 43-year-old woman: A diagnostic and surgical challenge - a case report and literature review.Medicine · 2026Review
- Case Report: Cervical approach for dual mediastinal ectopic thyroid: clinical utility of 3D imaging in surgical planning.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Hyperthyroidism with a normal cervical thyroid gland: A rare case report of thyroid hormone releasing mass in the chest.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
- Unilateral right thyroid swelling with contralateral left mediastinal mass of benign ectopic thyroid tissue: a rare case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Ectopic Thyroid Nodule Hyperplasia: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid: A Crossroad Between a Multi-Layered Endocrine Perspective and a Contemporary Approach in Thoracic Surgery.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Personalized Management of Malignant and Non-Malignant Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid: A Proposed 10-Item Algorithm Approach.Cancers · 2024Review
- Surgical resection of mediastinal ectopic thyroid tissue: a case series.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Ectopic thyroid tissue in the anterior mediastinum along with a normally located gland.Radiology case reports · 2021Article
- Ectopic Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma with Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis as the Initial Presentation, Accompanied by Benign Thyroid Gland.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2021Article
- Diagnosis and treatment of mediastinal ectopic thyroid tissue with normally located thyroid gland and primary hyperparathyroidism: a case report.Gland surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe mediastinal ectopic thyroid is very rare, accounting for less than 1% of all cases of ectopic thyroid tissue. The differential diagnoses with other diseases such as lymphomas, thymic tumors and dermoid cysts is mandatory, in fact each one, needs different management and treatment. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we discuss a rare case of mediastinal ectopic thyroid presenting with a paratracheal mass laying on the right bronchus without symptoms. A 63-year-old male presented with an abnormal well-defined mass along the right paratracheal side, detected by chest x-ray. The CT scan confirmed the presence of a 6 × 8 cm heterogeneously enhanced mass, located behind the superior vena cava and left brachiocephalic artery, reaching azygos vein and right bronchus, without a mass effect. Taking into account the clinical importance of a mediastinal mass, we removed it surgically, through a double surgical approach consisting in a classical transverse cervicotomy for the left thyroid lobe, followed then by a longitudinal sternal splitting to remove the mediastinal mass and complete the thyroidectomy.
conclusionsIn case of mediastinal masses, the surgical excision is recommended, presenting the double advantage to clarify the diagnosis and to treat the pathology. As demonstrated in this case, a mediastinal ectopic thyroid should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis, considering its clinical importance.
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