title: Asymptomatic heterotopic thyroid tumour in the right ventricular infundibulum.
abstract: An asymptomatic thyroid cardiac tumour was discovered in the right ventricular infundibulum of a 63-year-old female investigated for angina. The results of the investigation are presented: coronary angiography, echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, resting radioactive 201-thallium scintigraphy, dipyridamole-thallium scintigraphy, nuclear isotopic ventriculography. The tumour was successfully removed at surgery for coronary bypass. Anatomopathological description is also included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Pierre Boucher Hospital, Longueuil, Quebec.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maillette
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paquet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carrier
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland