Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?

Ectopic thyroid tissue is seen rarely. It is often seen in cervical midline, and rarely in other areas such as submandibular area. Diagnosis is made histopathologically by fine needle biopsy after the elimination of malignancy. In the treatment of ectopic thyroid tissue, surgical excision is mostly...

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Main Authors: Erol Keles, Sule Ozkara, Turgut Karlidag, İbrahim Hanifi Ozercan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/681823
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Sule Ozkara
Turgut Karlidag
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description Ectopic thyroid tissue is seen rarely. It is often seen in cervical midline, and rarely in other areas such as submandibular area. Diagnosis is made histopathologically by fine needle biopsy after the elimination of malignancy. In the treatment of ectopic thyroid tissue, surgical excision is mostly applied. According to our knowledge, there is no exophytic thyroid tissue reported in the literature. In this paper, a 32-year-old woman who presented with a swelling under the right jaw and found a thyroid tissue attached to the normally located thyroid gland with a fibrous band in the neck was discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-dc99fc9cd03b425bbea828358f9890952025-02-03T01:31:49ZengWileyCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732012-01-01201210.1155/2012/681823681823Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?Erol Keles0Sule Ozkara1Turgut Karlidag2İbrahim Hanifi Ozercan3ENT Department, Firat University, Elazig, TurkeyENT Department, Firat University, Elazig, TurkeyENT Department, Firat University, Elazig, TurkeyPathology Department, Firat University, Elazig, TurkeyEctopic thyroid tissue is seen rarely. It is often seen in cervical midline, and rarely in other areas such as submandibular area. Diagnosis is made histopathologically by fine needle biopsy after the elimination of malignancy. In the treatment of ectopic thyroid tissue, surgical excision is mostly applied. According to our knowledge, there is no exophytic thyroid tissue reported in the literature. In this paper, a 32-year-old woman who presented with a swelling under the right jaw and found a thyroid tissue attached to the normally located thyroid gland with a fibrous band in the neck was discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/681823
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Turgut Karlidag
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Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?
Case Reports in Otolaryngology
title Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?
title_full Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?
title_fullStr Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?
title_full_unstemmed Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?
title_short Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?
title_sort thyroid tissue connected to normally located thyroid gland ectopic or exophytic
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/681823
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