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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2022

Hepatic incidentaloma: An asymptomatic ectopic thyroid tissue.

Claudia Di Stefano, Valentina Guarnotta, Maria Barbaccia, Rosario Paratore, Roberta La Monica, Antonio Lo Casto, Massimo Midiri, Salvatore Gruttadauria, Carla Giordano, Pierina Richiusa

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Claudia Di StefanoSection of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro", PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Valentina GuarnottaSection of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro", PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Maria BarbacciaDepartment of Pathology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS ISMETT (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione)-UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), Palermo, Italy.
Rosario ParatoreSection of "Medicina Nucleare e Terapia Radiometabolica", La Maddalena, Palermo, Italy.
Roberta La MonicaSection of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro", PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Antonio Lo CastoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Radiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Massimo MidiriDepartment of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Radiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Salvatore GruttadauriaDepartment for the Treatment and Study of Abdominal Diseases and Abdominal Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), Palermo, Italy.
Carla GiordanoSection of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro", PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Pierina RichiusaSection of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro", PROMISE, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
University of Palermo · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione · ITLa Maddalena · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An ectopic thyroid is a form of thyroid dysgenesis in which the entire thyroid gland or parts of it may be located in another part of the body than the usual place. The most frequent location is the base of the tongue. Although most cases are asymptomatic, symptoms related to tumor size and its relationship with surrounding tissues, hormonal dysfunction, and seldom malignancy may also occur. Here, we describe the case of an asymptomatic woman who was thyroidectomized 19 years previously for a toxic goiter and treated with conventional L-thyroxine therapy, until we enacted a progressive reduction of dosage of the replacement therapy. Incidentally, because of occasional abdomen discomfort, she was hospitalized in our Division of Endocrinology as there was ultrasound evidence of a large mass in the liver dislocating and imprinting the choledochal duct in the pre-pancreatic site, the gallbladder, and the cystic duct, which could not be dissociated from the contiguous hepatic parenchyma and was in very close proximity to the second duodenal portion and the head of the pancreas. Imaging techniques, such as TC, MR, TC/PET, and

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Thyroid DiseasesThyroid DysgenesisFemaleHumansIodine RadioisotopesLiverIodine-131Iodine Radioisotopes131I scintigraphyhepatic lesionhepatic thyroidhyperthyroidismoccult thyroid

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