[Intracardiac ectopic thyroid].
Intracardiac ectopic thyroid tissue was removed in a 51 years old woman, after echography has discovered a tumor in the right ventricle. There was a normal thyroid gland in the neck and thyroid function tests were normal. Intra-cardiac ectopic thyroid tissue is very rare; it is due to an abnormality of embryological development, when thyroid anlage is in close contact with the embryonic heart.
Kerlan
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V
Service d'Endocrinologie, CHU Morvan, Brest.
Jobic
Y
Y
Boschat
J
J
Barra
J A
JA
Penther
P
P
Bercovici
J P
JP
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland
Ectopie thyroïdienne intracardiaque.