title: Ectopic thyroid nodular goiter presenting as a porta hepatis mass.
abstract: An ectopic thyroid goiter was found in a 58-year-old woman who presented with abdominal and low back pain, diarrhea, and generalized weakness. Initial workup, including abdominal CT scan, revealed a mass extending from the duodenum to the porta hepatis. After resection and upon pathologic examination of the tissue, nodular arrangement of thyroid follicles and colloid lakes with focal hyperplastic and nodular goiter changes were identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Western Reserve Care System, Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jamshidi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kasirye
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed