Ectopic thyroid gland is rarely seen in the submandibular region, thereby posing difficult diagnostic and management problems. Two Caucasian women presented with painful swelling in the submandibular region, which increased in size considerably during the preceding months. Ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy (Ug-FNB) revealed ectopic thyroid tissue. In conclusion, ectopic thyroid gland with or...

Mediastinal ectopic thyroid is a very rare condition, with few reported cases in the literature and no reported cases in Korea. This report describes an asymptomatic 65-year-old man with a right paratracheal mass compressing the superior vena. Additionally, the epidemiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and management of mediastinal ectopic thyroids are discussed. A mediastinal ectopic th...

The ectopic thyroid gland is a rare condition. In most cases, tissue the only functioning tissue, but it may rarely be associated with normal gland. Ectopic carcinoma within thyroglossal duct cyst very entity, controversial individual approaches. This encouraged us to present case of 31-year- old woman, papillary in and duct. After suspicion malignancy ultrasonography neck, FNA-biopsy was perfo...

Thyroid develops from median rudiment which is a surface elevation dorsal to the tuberculam impar and forms by proliferation of endodermal cells. Lateral thyroid element of the fourth pouch contributes in the development of thyroid gland. Failure of the lateral thyroid element to fuse with the median element may result in a lateral ectopic thyroid gland. In the present case, patient initially p...

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 literat...

Lingual thyroid is a rare anomaly with symptoms such as upper airway obstruction, dysphagia, or hypothyroidism. However, bleeding is a very rare manifestation. This report describes a case of lingual thyroid in women with 28 weeks of amenorrhea and hematemesis, and its course of diagnosis and treatment. The pathogenesis of lingual thyroid is unknown. Although ectopic lingual thyroid is usually ...

We present a case of a left-sided neck mass in an 8-year-old female that proved to be ectopic thyroid tissue. After excision, this patient continues to do well and is euthyroid without recurrence after 8-year follow-up. This is a very rare anomaly in a child, especially in conjunction with a normally located thyroid that is functional. We reviewed the literature of displaced ectopic thyroid tis...

Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare congenital anomaly with extremely rare occurrence of dual ectopy. Authors present a case of a 13 year-old girl with anterior neck swelling since one year. Contrast enhanced CT demonstrated absence of normally located, bilobed thyroid gland, Instead two foci of ectopic thyroid tissue were seen in the lingual and pretracheal region. Imaging workup is of great valu...

Ectopic thyroid tissue of nasopharynx is an uncommon phenomenon and papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from the tissue is extremely rare. The authors report a rare case of 16-year-old girl with papillary thyroid carcinoma of nasopharynx. Clinicians were ever confused by adenoid hypertrophy and solved the diagnostic dilemma by adequate examinations. In the case, we mainly emphasize that surgeon...