Surgical resection of mediastinal ectopic thyroid tissue: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ectopic thyroid tissue (ETT) is characterized by the presence of thyroid tissue in any location other than its normal anatomic position. Mediastinal ectopic thyroid gland is a rare entity, accounting for 1% of all ETT cases. In this article, we present seven cases with mediastinal ETT over the last 26 years admitted to Stanford hospital.

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

SUBMITTER: Motlaghzadeh Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089840 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature