title: Heterotopic thyroid tissue in the heart.
abstract: Heterotopic thyroid tissue, presumably due to an embryological developmental abnormality, was discovered incidentally within the right atrial wall of an elderly woman who underwent coronary arterial aortic saphenous vein bypass grafting. As far as we are aware, this is only the third patient with thyroid heterotopia of the heart to be documented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Novitzky
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland