title: Intra-abdominal ectopic thyroid presenting with hyperthyroidism: report of a case.
abstract: Ectopic thyroid tissue has been found in the developmental pathway of the thyroid gland and has also been reported in the abdominal cavity. Intra-abdominal thyroid tissue was totally resected around the mesentery of the small intestine in a 56-year-old woman. She had hyperthyroidism preoperatively and had also undergone a bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy 10 years earlier. No signs or symptoms of a thyroid tumor were present.
authors: Department of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Turkey.
authors: Bülent
authors: B
authors: Güngör
authors: Tulu
authors: T
authors: Kebat
authors: Cihangir
authors: C
authors: Ozaslan
authors: Süleyman
authors: S
authors: Akilli
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000209:etiology*; D008643:Mesentery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland