Intrapericardial Ectopic Goiter: A Very Unusual Presentation

Mediastinal ectopic goiter is a thyroid tumor that lies entirely below a plane extending from the superior surface of the first thoracic vertebra to the suprasternal notch, and commonly lies in the vicinity of the thymus. Intrapericardial ectopic goiter is extremely rare. We present an extremely rar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sato, Daisuke, Hayashi, Sohei, Sakata, Shozo, Kawachi, Riken, Shimamura, Mie, Sakurai, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8915940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31447477
http://dx.doi.org/10.5761/atcs.cr.19-00154
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Sumario:Mediastinal ectopic goiter is a thyroid tumor that lies entirely below a plane extending from the superior surface of the first thoracic vertebra to the suprasternal notch, and commonly lies in the vicinity of the thymus. Intrapericardial ectopic goiter is extremely rare. We present an extremely rare case of a 63-year-old woman with an intrapericardial ectopic goiter and review the pertinent literature.

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