ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2023
Surgical resection of mediastinal ectopic thyroid tissue: a case series.
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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
- Beyond metastases: a mechanism-based guide to misleading ¹³¹I uptake on whole-body scintigraphy.Annals of nuclear 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
- [Mediastinal ectopic thyroid tissue: Diagnosis and management of a rare pathology].Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 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
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- 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
- Ectopic mediastinal thyroid tissue: an indelible imitator.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Mediastinal ectopic thyroid tissue: a rare but important diagnosis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Ectopic thyroid tissue (ETT) is characterized by the presence of Case Description: Searching Stanford pathology database for specimens that contained term "ectopic thyroid" between 1996 and 2021, a total of 202 patients were collected. Among those seven were classified as mediastinal ETT. Patients' electronic medical records were reviewed for data collection purposes. The mean age of our seven cases was 54 years on the day of surgery, and four were female. Chest pressure, cough, and neck pain were most reported presenting symptoms. Four of our patients had thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) checks all within normal limits. All patients in our study had computed tomography (CT) imaging of the chest detecting the mediastinal mass. Histopathology of the mass revealed ectopic thyroid tissue negative for malignancy in all cases. Conclusions: Ectopic mediastinal thyroid tissue is a rare clinical entity that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all mediastinal masses as it usually requires different management and treatment.
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