An intracardiac accessory thyroid gland.
This report describes a 62-year-old woman with a history of pulmonary embolism who presented with a right ventricular cardiac mass that proved histologically to be normal thyroid tissue. The patient was clinically and biochemically euthyroid. Six months after excision, an iodine-123 whole-body uptake and scan demonstrated no residual ectopic thyroid tissue.
Ruberg
Frederick L
FL
Section of Cardiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA. frruberg@bu.edu
McDonnell
Marie E
ME
Trabb
Jeffrey
J
Shemin
Richard J
RJ
Hoyt
Richard F
RF
Braverman
Lewis E
LE
Balady
Gary J
GJ
D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D016896:Treatment Outcome