title: An intracardiac accessory thyroid gland.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA. frruberg@bu.edu
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Ruberg
authors.forename: Marie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McDonnell
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trabb
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Shemin
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hoyt
authors.forename: Lewis E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Braverman
authors.forename: Gary J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Balady
mesh_terms: 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