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Follicular carcinoma arising in ectopic thyroid tissue: Case report with fine-needle aspiration findings

✍ Scribed by Charu Subramony; Mithra Baliga; Luciano B. Lemos

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 304 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 8755-1039
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199701)16:1<39::aid-dc9>3.0.co;2-q

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✦ Synopsis

A 32-yr-old woman was found to have a 1 3 2 cm mass in the soft tissue of the neck 1 cm lateral to the left lobe of the thyroid gland. A fine-needle aspiration biopsy showed a follicular neoplasm. The excised mass showed a follicular carcinoma arising in lateral ectopic thyroid tissue. Subsequent excision of the thyroid gland and pathological examination showed no primary carcinoma in the gland. This report illustrates a case of primary follicular carcinoma arising in a lateral ectopic thyroid tissue in the neck. Diagn.

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