An intracardiac accessory thyroid gland

Am J Cardiol. 2006 Mar 15;97(6):926-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.10.029. Epub 2006 Jan 30.

Abstract

This report describes a 62-year-old woman with a history of pulmonary embolism who presented with a right ventricular cardiac mass that proved histologically to be normal thyroid tissue. The patient was clinically and biochemically euthyroid. Six months after excision, an iodine-123 whole-body uptake and scan demonstrated no residual ectopic thyroid tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Choristoma / pathology
  • Choristoma / surgery*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / pathology
  • Heart Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Thyroid Gland*
  • Treatment Outcome