Double Pyramidal Lobe of the Thyroid Gland

Gürleyik, Emin

doi:10.4274/balkanmedj.2017.1581

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“…Lateral neck thyroid ectopia with an otherwise normally functioning gland is rare, and the mechanism of its occurrence has not been explained with the known principles of embryological development 11,12 . Several isolated variant structural forms of the thyroid have been reported including a gland with double pyramidal lobe, lateral submandibular thyroid tissue with an otherwise normotopic gland, and ectopic thyroid tissue in a lateral neck lymph node 13–15 . Despite the variety structures and ectopias, metastasis of thyroid cancer is confoundingly more common.…”

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“…11,12 Several isolated variant structural forms of the thyroid have been reported including a gland with double pyramidal lobe, lateral submandibular thyroid tissue with an otherwise normotopic gland, and ectopic thyroid tissue in a lateral neck lymph node. [13][14][15] Despite the variety structures and ectopias, metastasis of thyroid cancer is confoundingly more common. It is the primary differential diagnosis.…”

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The Scream: Benign Thyroid Tissue as a Lateral Neck Mass

Wiles¹,

Sayeed²

2022

AJSP: Reviews and Reports

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Variant anatomy and cytomorphological overlap between benign and malignant conditions can coincide to produce diagnostic error. We report the case of an unusually shaped thyroid gland bearing a follicular adenoma interpreted as a metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma. The shape of the gland had a striking resemblance to The Scream, a painting by Edvard Munch, and directly contributed to the misdiagnosis. We discuss the known embryological mechanisms of thyroid development, ultrasound radiological characteristics of thyroid examination, and the cytomorphologic interpretation of thyroid tissue. The constellation of these elements and the resultant error is eloquently illustrated by Munch’s artistic inspiration.

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The Scream: Benign Thyroid Tissue as a Lateral Neck Mass

Wiles¹,

Sayeed²

2022

AJSP: Reviews and Reports

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“…PL may be affected by diseases that affect the rest of the thyroid parenchyma such as multinodular goitre (MNG), Grave's disease or Hashimoto thyroiditis and uncommonly harbour malignant disease 4,5 …”

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“…3 PL may be affected by diseases that affect the rest of the thyroid parenchyma such as multinodular goitre (MNG), Grave's disease or Hashimoto thyroiditis and uncommonly harbour malignant disease. 4,5 PL predisposes to a chance of incomplete surgery during total thyroidectomy, which makes disease recurrence a probable complication. Few cases of primary thyroid carcinoma and recurrent cancers involving PL have been reported.…”

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