Intracardiac ectopic thyroid: conservative surgical treatment

Ann Thorac Surg. 1993 May;55(5):1249-51. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(93)90046-k.

Abstract

The case of a patient with an intracardiac ectopic thyroid is reported. A cardiac tumor was found in a 66-year-old woman and was diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. An intraoperative biopsy was performed, and the mass was recognized as an ectopic thyroid and treated with a conservative surgical approach because of the size, location, and relationship to adjacent structures. The 60-month follow-up shows normal echocardiographic images and the good clinical status of the patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choristoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Choristoma / pathology*
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Thyroid Gland* / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Gland* / pathology

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes