Papillary Carcinoma in Median Aberrant Thyroid (Ectopic) - Case Report
Published: June 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4463
Ashwin Hebbar. K, Shashidhar. K, Vijaya laxmi Deshmane, Veerendra Kumar, Rav Ravi Arjunan
1. Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
2. Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India.
3. Professor and Head, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
4. Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
5. Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Ashwin Hebbar. K,
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Abstract
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.
Keywords
Thyroid malignancy, Total thyroidectomy