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Follicular carcinoma arising in ectopic thyroid tissue: Case report with fine‐needle aspiration findings
Author(s) -
Subramony Charu,
Baliga Mithra,
Lemos Luciano B.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199701)16:1<39::aid-dc9>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , follicular carcinoma , pathology , biopsy , follicular phase , carcinoma , fine needle aspiration , thyroid carcinoma , papillary carcinoma
A 32‐yr‐old woman was found to have a 1 × 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. Cytopathol. 16:39–41, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.