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Intratracheal Ectopic Thyroid Mass

Author(s) -

Bassam Abboud,

Bassam Tabchy,

Chawki Atallah,

Rony K. Aouad,

Nayla Matar,

Claude Ghorra

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-1884

Subject(s) - medicine , stridor , thyroid , laryngoscopy , scintigraphy , malignancy , magnetic resonance imaging , ectopic thyroid , nodule (geology) , laryngeal paralysis , thyroidectomy , radiology , pathology , surgery , larynx , intubation , airway , paleontology , biology

A 39-yr-old woman presented with dyspnea and cough. She had undergone total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter 15 yr earlier, with subsequent T4 replacement therapy. Inspiratory stridor was noted. Serum TSH was 2.95 mIU/ml (normal, 0.3–4.0 mIU/ml). A magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the neck showed a subglottic tumor with severe occlusion of the trachea (Figs. 1 and 2). Direct laryngoscopy revealed a subglottic mass covered with normal mucosa. Tc scintigraphy showed homogenous subglottic uptake compatible with a thyroid tissue. A transtracheal surgical approach was used to remove the tumor. Pathology showed a follicular thyroid tissue with no features of malignancy.

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