title: Right ventricular outflow tract tumour: an unsuspected intracardiac ectopic thyroid mass.
abstract: Ectopic thyroid is a rare embryogenic anomaly that occurs during its migration from foramen caecum to its pretracheal position. An intracardiac ectopic location is even rarer and found most commonly in the right ventricular outflow tract in sporadic reports. While surgery in symptomatic patients seems appropriate, resection of non-neoplastic ectopic tissue remains a clinical equipoise. Its occurrence is often unsuspected by clinicians, but its possibility should be considered due to its typical location in the right ventricular outflow tract. Unlike true neoplastic intracardiac tumour which mandates surgical resection, both surgical and non-surgical approach may be considered for an intracardiac ectopic thyroid mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oxenham
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goodwin
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Cardiac; Surgery; Thyroid; Tumour
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