Case of an Ectopic Thyroid Gland at the Lateral Neck Masquerading as a Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Ectopic thyroid glands generally occur in the midline as a result of abnormal median migration, and their presence lateral to the midline is rare. We present one case of an ectopic thyroid gland masquerading as a lateral neck metastasis of a papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). In this case of a 54-yr...

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Autores principales: Choi, Jae-Young, Kim, Jeong-Hoon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18583899
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.3.548

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18583899
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.3.548

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