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Aspiration Biopsy Cytology of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Lateral Chest Wall

Aspiration Biopsy Cytology of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Lateral Chest Wall Case Reports Aspiration Biopsy Cytology of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Lateral Chest Wall A Case Report Husain A. Saleh, M.D., F.I.A.C., M.B.A., Jamal Hammoud, M.D., F.A.C.E., and Mahendra B. Shah, M.D. Background bnormalities in the development and migration of the thyroid Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare abnormality that mainly occurs in the mid- A gland have been known to produce ectopic thyroid tissue, usu- 1-4 line of the neck but also in other unusual locations. Because fine needle as- ally in the midline from the tongue base to the diaphragm. How- piration biopsy (FNAB) is a widely used procedure for evaluating head and ever, discovery of ectopic thyroid tissue in lateral locations has been 5-8 neck and other palpable masses, sampling of these lesions may be encoun- only extremely rarely reported and remains a mystery. In this tered. paper, we present a case of ectopic thyroid tissue in the left lateral chest wall. After exhaustive review of the English-language literature, Case this appears to be the first case re- A 66-year-old woman presented with port of this abnormality. Evalua- left lateral chest wall mass during tion of ectopic thyroid tissue in Clinicians and cytopathologists need to follow-up http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

Aspiration Biopsy Cytology of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Lateral Chest Wall

Saleh, Husain A.; Hammoud, Jamal; Shah, Mahendra B.
Acta Cytologica , Volume 53 (3): 3 – Jan 1, 2011
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Karger
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© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0001-5547
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1938-2650
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10.1159/000325315
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Case Reports Aspiration Biopsy Cytology of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Lateral Chest Wall A Case Report Husain A. Saleh, M.D., F.I.A.C., M.B.A., Jamal Hammoud, M.D., F.A.C.E., and Mahendra B. Shah, M.D. Background bnormalities in the development and migration of the thyroid Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare abnormality that mainly occurs in the mid- A gland have been known to produce ectopic thyroid tissue, usu- 1-4 line of the neck but also in other unusual locations. Because fine needle as- ally in the midline from the tongue base to the diaphragm. How- piration biopsy (FNAB) is a widely used procedure for evaluating head and ever, discovery of ectopic thyroid tissue in lateral locations has been 5-8 neck and other palpable masses, sampling of these lesions may be encoun- only extremely rarely reported and remains a mystery. In this tered. paper, we present a case of ectopic thyroid tissue in the left lateral chest wall. After exhaustive review of the English-language literature, Case this appears to be the first case re- A 66-year-old woman presented with port of this abnormality. Evalua- left lateral chest wall mass during tion of ectopic thyroid tissue in Clinicians and cytopathologists need to follow-up

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Published: Jan 1, 2011

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