title: Papillary carcinoma in median aberrant thyroid (ectopic) - case report.
abstract: Median ectopic thyroid may be encountered anywhere from the foramen caecum to the diaphragm. Non lingual median aberrant thyroid (incomplete descent) usually found in the infrahyoid region and malignant transformation in this ectopic thyroid tissue is very rare. We report an extremely rare case of papillary carcinoma in non lingual median aberrant thyroid in a 25-year-old female. The differentiation between a carcinoma arising in the median ectopic thyroid tissue and a metastatic papillary carcinoma from an occult primary in the main thyroid gland is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences , Shimoga, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Ashwin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hebbar K
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences , Hubli, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Shashidhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: K
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Vijaya Laxmi
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Deshmane
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Veerendra
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology , Bangalore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arjunan
keywords: Thyroid malignancy; Total thyroidectomy