Ectopic thyroid: etiology, pathology and management

NA Ibrahim, IO Fadeyibi - Hormones, 2011 - Springer
Existence of ectopic thyroid glands at two different locations is very rare. Only 27 cases of
such dual ectopia have been reported in the English literature. Huang et al30 described the …

Dual ectopic thyroid with normally located thyroid: a case report

B Kumar Choudhury, U Kaimal Saikia… - Journal of thyroid …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Dual ectopic thyroid is a rare presentation of thyroid ectopia. Only a few cases have been
reported in the world literature. Dual ectopic thyroid in the presence of a normally located …

Dual ectopic thyroid: case series and review of the literature

M Chawla, R Kumar, A Malhotra - Clinical nuclear medicine, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Ectopic thyroid tissue is an uncommon congenital aberration. It is further unusual for ectopic
thyroid to be present at 2 different sites simultaneously. Only 19 cases of dual ectopic thyroid …

Prevalence, diagnosis and management of ectopic thyroid glands

G Santangelo, G Pellino, N De Falco… - … Journal of Surgery, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Prevalence, diagnosis and management of ectopic thyroid glan... : International Journal of
Surgery Prevalence, diagnosis and management of ectopic thyroid glands : International …

Ectopic thyroid tissue: anatomical, clinical, and surgical implications of a rare entity

G Noussios, P Anagnostis, DG Goulis… - European journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare entity resulting from developmental defects at early stages of
thyroid gland embryogenesis, during its passage from the floor of the primitive foregut to its …

Clinical characteristics of ectopic thyroid in Korea

JS Yoon, KC Won, IH Cho, JT Lee, HW Lee - Thyroid, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Background: Ectopic thyroid is a rare entity and can occur at any location in the midline
position. A role for the ectopic thyroid in the pathogenesis of hypothyroidism and …

Dual thyroid ectopia with a normally located pretracheal thyroid gland: case report and literature review

TS Huang, HY Chen - Head & Neck: Journal for the Sciences …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Only 1 case with dual thyroid ectopy and a normally located thyroid gland has
been reported. Methods. We present the case of a 71-year-old woman who had 1-sided …

Thyroid scintigraphy in detecting dual ectopic thyroid: a review

A Sood, V Sood, DR Sharma, RK Seam… - European journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Dear Sir, The thyroid gland is the first endocrine gland to develop during embryogenesis on
approximately 24th day of gestation. The developing thyroid is anatomically related to the …

Controversial ectopic thyroid: a case report of thyroid tissue in the axilla and benign total thyroidectomy

HA Kuffner, BM McCook, R Swaminatha, EN Myers… - Thyroid, 2005 - liebertpub.com
A 43-year-old woman presented with a mass in her left axilla, which was surgically excised.
Histologically, the tissue was a reactive lymph node with adjacent thyroid follicular tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological, diagnostic and surgical features of ectopic thyroid gland: a review of literature

G Guerra, M Cinelli, M Mesolella, D Tafuri… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ectopic thyroid tissue remains a rare developmental abnormality involving defective or
aberrant embryogenesis of the thyroid gland during its passage from the floor of the primitive …