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Accessory ectopic thyroid tissue

MedGen UID:
867994
•Concept ID:
C4022385
•
Congenital Abnormality
HPO: HP:0100030

Definition

Accessory ectopic thyroid tissue arising from remnants of the thyroglossal duct anywhere along the path of the thyroglossal duct tract. [from HPO]

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  • Accessory ectopic thyroid tissue

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PubMed

The clinicopathological features, treatment outcomes and follow-up results of 47 ectopic thyroid gland cases: a single-center retrospective study.
Gao M, He Q, Li L, Ji F, Ding Y, Sun Q, Qiu X
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1278734. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1278734. PMID: 38075053Free PMC Article

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Etiology

The clinicopathological features, treatment outcomes and follow-up results of 47 ectopic thyroid gland cases: a single-center retrospective study.
Gao M, He Q, Li L, Ji F, Ding Y, Sun Q, Qiu X
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1278734. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1278734. PMID: 38075053Free PMC Article
Accessory Thyroid Tissue Detected Using 131 I SPECT/CT Imaging.
Tao WC, Kang O, Russo R, Mansberg R
Clin Nucl Med 2022 Oct 1;47(10):900-903. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004255. PMID: 35485858
Ectopic Intrathyroidal Thymus in Childhood: A Sonographic Finding Leading to Misdiagnosis.
Vlachopapadopoulou EA, Vakaki M, Karachaliou FE, Kaloumenou I, Kalogerakou K, Gali C, Michalacos S
Horm Res Paediatr 2016;86(5):325-329. Epub 2016 Oct 19 doi: 10.1159/000450724. PMID: 27756075
The prevalence and features of thyroid pyramidal lobe, accessory thyroid, and ectopic thyroid as assessed by computed tomography: a multicenter study.
Kim DW, Jung SL, Baek JH, Kim J, Ryu JH, Na DG, Park SW, Kim JH, Sung JY, Lee Y, Rho MH
Thyroid 2013 Jan;23(1):84-91. doi: 10.1089/thy.2012.0253. PMID: 23031220

Diagnosis

The clinicopathological features, treatment outcomes and follow-up results of 47 ectopic thyroid gland cases: a single-center retrospective study.
Gao M, He Q, Li L, Ji F, Ding Y, Sun Q, Qiu X
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1278734. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1278734. PMID: 38075053Free PMC Article
An intracardiac accessory thyroid gland mimicking cardiac tumor: A case report and literature review.
Wang LJ, Liu CM, Chen X, Zhang L, Zhou HW
Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 Dec;96(51):e9465. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009465. PMID: 29390584Free PMC Article
Ectopic Intrathyroidal Thymus in Childhood: A Sonographic Finding Leading to Misdiagnosis.
Vlachopapadopoulou EA, Vakaki M, Karachaliou FE, Kaloumenou I, Kalogerakou K, Gali C, Michalacos S
Horm Res Paediatr 2016;86(5):325-329. Epub 2016 Oct 19 doi: 10.1159/000450724. PMID: 27756075
Accessory thyroid gland at carotid bifurcation presenting as a carotid body tumor: case report and review of the literature.
Hollander EJ, Visser MJ, van Baalen JM
J Vasc Surg 2004 Jan;39(1):260-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.07.018. PMID: 14718850
Lingual thyroid.
Bumber Z, Poje G, Brzac HT
Acta Med Croatica 1998;52(4-5):223-7. PMID: 9988902

Therapy

Accessory Thyroid Tissue Detected Using 131 I SPECT/CT Imaging.
Tao WC, Kang O, Russo R, Mansberg R
Clin Nucl Med 2022 Oct 1;47(10):900-903. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004255. PMID: 35485858

Prognosis

The clinicopathological features, treatment outcomes and follow-up results of 47 ectopic thyroid gland cases: a single-center retrospective study.
Gao M, He Q, Li L, Ji F, Ding Y, Sun Q, Qiu X
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1278734. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1278734. PMID: 38075053Free PMC Article
Ectopic Intrathyroidal Thymus in Childhood: A Sonographic Finding Leading to Misdiagnosis.
Vlachopapadopoulou EA, Vakaki M, Karachaliou FE, Kaloumenou I, Kalogerakou K, Gali C, Michalacos S
Horm Res Paediatr 2016;86(5):325-329. Epub 2016 Oct 19 doi: 10.1159/000450724. PMID: 27756075

Clinical prediction guides

The clinicopathological features, treatment outcomes and follow-up results of 47 ectopic thyroid gland cases: a single-center retrospective study.
Gao M, He Q, Li L, Ji F, Ding Y, Sun Q, Qiu X
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1278734. Epub 2023 Nov 24 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1278734. PMID: 38075053Free PMC Article
An intracardiac accessory thyroid gland mimicking cardiac tumor: A case report and literature review.
Wang LJ, Liu CM, Chen X, Zhang L, Zhou HW
Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 Dec;96(51):e9465. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009465. PMID: 29390584Free PMC Article

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