title: Papillary carcinoma arising in subhyoid ectopic thyroid gland with no orthotopic thyroid tissue.
abstract: Ectopic thyroid gland with no orthotopic thyroid tissue is extremely rare. The authors present a case of a follicular variant of papillary carcinoma developed from an ectopic thyroid gland with no orthotopic thyroid tissue.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Ibrahim
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sevinç
authors.forename: Tarkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Unek
authors.forename: Aras Emre
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Canda
authors.forename: Merih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guray
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kocdor
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saydam
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Harmancioglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D050033:Thyroid Dysgenesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery