title: Is 'lateral aberrant thyroid' always metastatic tumour?
abstract: It is now a widely held belief that so-called 'lateral aberrant thyroid' tissue actually represents a metastasis from a malignant tumour of the thyroid gland. A case is presented which suggests that this is not always true, and an extensive review of the relevant literature is discussed.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Birchall
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Soames
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000473:pathology*