Mediastinal Heterotopic Thyroid Tissue : A case report.
- Author:
Seock Yeol LEE
1
;
Jung Wook HAN
;
Seung Jin LEE
;
Chol Sae LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Korea. csdoctor@schch.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mediastinum;
Mediastinal tumor;
Mediastinal disease;
Thyroid;
Heterotopic thyroid tissue
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Hyperplasia;
Mediastinal Diseases;
Mediastinum;
Thyroid Gland
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2009;42(4):537-539
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 47-year old woman was admitted to our hospital for removal of a known mass that was located on the suprasternal notch; specifically, the mass was located on the supero-anterior mediastinuum. The mass was removed by a cervical incision and the histopathologic diagnosis of the resected specimen was hererotopic thyroid tissue with nodular hyperplasia. Mediastinal hererotopic thyroid tissue is a rare malady, so we report here on a case of mediastinal hererotopic thyroid tissue and we review the relevant medical literature.
