Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report

Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report

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...

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Main Authors: Ashwin Hebbar. K, Shashidhar. K, Vijaya Laxmi Deshmane, Veerendra Kumar, Ravi Arjunan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2014-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
thyroid malignancy
total thyroidectomy
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4463/7626_CE[Ra1]_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(AGAK)_PF2(PN).pdf
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spelling doaj-44907974e0264450a2e730003b9c5eff2020-11-25T03:55:16ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2014-06-0186QD01QD0310.7860/JCDR/2014/7626.4463Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case ReportAshwin Hebbar. K0Shashidhar. K1Vijaya Laxmi Deshmane2Veerendra Kumar3Ravi Arjunan4Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka, India. Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India.Professor and Head, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.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.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4463/7626_CE[Ra1]_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(AGAK)_PF2(PN).pdfthyroid malignancytotal thyroidectomy
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author Ashwin Hebbar. K
Shashidhar. K
Vijaya Laxmi Deshmane
Veerendra Kumar
Ravi Arjunan
spellingShingle Ashwin Hebbar. K
Shashidhar. K
Vijaya Laxmi Deshmane
Veerendra Kumar
Ravi Arjunan
Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
thyroid malignancy
total thyroidectomy
author_facet Ashwin Hebbar. K
Shashidhar. K
Vijaya Laxmi Deshmane
Veerendra Kumar
Ravi Arjunan
author_sort Ashwin Hebbar. K
title Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report
title_short Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report
title_full Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report
title_fullStr Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report
title_sort papillary carcinoma in median aberrant thyroid (ectopic) - case report
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2014-06-01
description 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.
topic thyroid malignancy
total thyroidectomy
url https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4463/7626_CE[Ra1]_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(AGAK)_PF2(PN).pdf
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