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.
Intracardiac ectopic thyroid: conservative surgical treatment / G. L. Polvani, C. Antona, M. Porqueddu, G. Pompilio, D. Cavoretto, T. Gherli, A. Sala, P. Biglioli. - In: ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 0003-4975. - 55:5(1993 May), pp. 1249-51-1251. [10.1016/0003-4975(93)90046-K]
Intracardiac ectopic thyroid: conservative surgical treatment
G. L. Polvani;C. Antona;G. Pompilio;P. Biglioli
1993
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.
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