Ectopic thyroid gland on the ascending aorta with a partial pericardial defect: report of a case.
Intrathoracic ectopic goiters are rare. To our knowledge, only two reports of thyroid tissue on the aorta have been reported in the English literature. A 42-year-old woman was found to have a right paracardiac mass. Sternotomy revealed a firm and encapsulated tumor attached to the anterolateral surface of the ascending aorta and a defect in the right superior part of the pericardium. The mass was completely excised and histopathologic examination confirmed a multinodular goiter. We discuss the features of this rare tumor.
Ozpolat
Berkant
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Dişkapi Education and Research Hospital, and Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Turkey.
Dogan
Orhan Veli
OV
Gökaslan
Gökhan
G
Erekul
Selim
S
Yücel
Ertan
E
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium; D013961:Thyroid Gland