Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia
ISSN 0873-2159
MOREIRA, Flávia MOTA, Iolanda. Ectopic thyroid: A case report. []. , 16, 2, pp.345-352. ISSN 0873-2159.
The authors present a case report of an ectopic mediastinal thyroid tissue in a 45-year-old men sent to the the Pulmonology department of Hospital Entre Douro e Vouga to evaluate an enlargement of the mediastinum found in a routine radiogram requested by the family doctor. Some considerations on ectopic thyroid tissue, a rare finding in medical practice, are made, as well as the distinction between intrathoracic goiter and true ectopic thyroid.
: Ectopic thyroid tissue; intra-thoracic goiter; case report.