Lessons to be learned: a case study approach. Lateral aberrant thyroid tissue: is it always malignant?

Escofet, Xavier; Khan, Ashraf; Mazarani, Waseem; Woods, William G.

doi:10.1177/1466424007073207

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“…From 1942 on, it had been believed that the presence of ''lateral aberrant thyroid'' represented metastases of thyroid primary carcinomas [11][12][13]. However, later reports showed the presence of normal thyroid ectopic tissue in these supposed ''aberrant tumors'' [3-10, 14, 15].…”

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“…In cases of submandibular involvement, the therapeutic approach should be based on surgical excision with histopathologic evaluation of the mass [2][3][4][5][6]8]. Although rare, there are cases of neck masses suspected of being ectopic thyroid tissue and later confirmed as metastases of thyroid carcinoma [1][2][3] and also cases where the ectopia may harbor a primary malignant neoplasia [1,2,13,16].…”

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Ectopic Thyroid Presenting as a Submandibular Mass

Bersaneti

Denadai

Ramos³

et al. 2010

Head and Neck Pathol

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Although extremely rare, the presence of ectopic thyroid tissue in the submandibular region should be considered in the differential diagnosis of tissue masses in the cervical region. Diagnosis is confirmed by fineneedle aspiration biopsy and exclusion of malignancy should be confirmed by histopathologic analysis of the lesion. In general, surgery is the treatment of choice. A rare case of ectopic thyroid in the right submandibular region is reported; it was diagnosed after total thyroidectomy and successfully treated through surgery.

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Ectopic Thyroid Presenting as a Submandibular Mass

Bersaneti

Denadai

Ramos³

et al. 2010

Head and Neck Pathol

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“…Traditionally 'lateral aberrant thyroid' tissue present in cervical lymph nodes in the face of a clinically normal thyroid gland is held to be a metastasis from an occult primary thyroid carcinoma. 1 It is a rare developmental abnormality that involves aberrant embryogenesis of the thyroid gland when it migrates from the floor of the primitive foregut to its final region between the second and fourth tracheal cartilages. The prevalence reported as 1 per 1,00,000-3,00,000 people, rising to 1 per 4,000-8,000 patients having thyroid disease.…”

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Lateral aberrant thyroid having papillary carcinoma: a case report

Parab¹,

Ghatage

Kulkarni

et al. 2021

Int Surg J

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Aberrant thyroid is a mass of tissue having the structure of a pathological thyroid gland situated at some definite distance from the normal thyroid gland. In all the variants of carcinoma of thyroid the papillary variant is the most common. Predominantly seen in females ranging in the age group of 25-45 years. It is often well differentiated, slow growing and localised. Here we report a case of a 35-year-old lady with a swelling in the right anterior triangle of the neck with normal thyroid gland. Histopathological report was suggestive of papillary carcinoma of thyroid. The origin of lateral ectopic thyroid tissue is not fully understood and controversial. The lateral localisation is a rare entity and debated extensively in the literature. Though rare, the possibility of an ectopic thyroid carcinoma must always be considered by the surgeon in cases of a pathological mass in the neck. This case report demonstrates that a normal thyroid gland on clinical examination does not exclude the presence of thyroid carcinoma in an ectopic tissue.

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“…Solitary posterior triangle neck mass as the rare sole presentation Irfan Mohamad et al follicular thyroid tissue was found in a lymph node lateral to the carotid sheath in the presence of a thyroid gland which was histologically free of cancer 8 .…”

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