Parasitic nodule of the right carotid triangle.
We present the case of a woman in whom intraoperatory examination of a laterocervical mass in the right carotid triangle (thought to be a glomus tumor) disclosed thyroid tissue. Although the overwhelming majority of cases of "thyroid parenchyma in the laterocervical region" represent a lymph node metastasis from a primary occult thyroid carcinoma, the rare occurrence of a parasitic nodule, as in our case, must be considered.
Assi
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Department of Pathology, Legnano General Hospital, Italy.
Sironi
M
M
Di Bella
C
C
Declich
P
P
Cozzi
L
L
Pareschi
R
R
D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009333:Neck; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology