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ArticleTranslational pediatrics2020

Intrathyroidal ectopic thymus in 8-year-old girl: a case report.

Yu Chen, Chen Liu, Yanyan Cao

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Article in Translational pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu ChenDepartment of Ultrasound, National Cancer Center/National Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
Chen LiuDepartment of Abdominal Ultrasound, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China.
Yanyan CaoDepartment of Ultrasound, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen 518116, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNQingdao University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We provide a case report of two thyroid nodules in an 8-year-old girl, which revealed malignant ultrasonographic findings and which were confirmed as ectopic thymic tissue by total thyroidectomy. The ultrasound presentations of intrathyroidal thymus glands were similar to those of the malignant thyroid nodules. In addition, in this case, there were two ectopic thymus lesions in the thyroid gland, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of diagnosis. The occurrence of multiple ectopic thymic lesions in the thyroid gland was different from previous reports. Therefore, clinicians should take into consideration this rare entity, and should not mistake it as a thyroid neoplasm; moreover, they should not perform extensive thyroid resection.

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case reportthymus glandthyroidectomyThyroid noduleultrasound

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PMID32154138
PMCPMC7036638
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