title: Ectopic thyroid gland on the ascending aorta with a partial pericardial defect: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Dişkapi Education and Research Hospital, and Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berkant
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozpolat
authors.forename: Orhan Veli
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gökaslan
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erekul
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yücel
mesh_terms: 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