Ectopic thyroid in the anterior mediastinum

• Author(s): Guimarães, MJ ; Valente, C ; Santos, L ; Baganha, MF
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1035
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Doenças do Mediastino; Glândula Tiroideia
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Ectopic thyroid is a rare condition, and its location in the anterior mediastinum is even rarer, there having been only 5 reported cases in the past 30 years. Here, we describe 2 clinical cases and present a review of the literature regarding the etiology, embryology and clinical manifestations of ectopic thyroid.