Open AccessEctopic thyroid cancer diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration
Author(s) -
Hu Jingwen,
Li Ming,
Xu Lin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.12486
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , thyroid carcinoma , ectopic thyroid , thyroid , thyroid cancer , endobronchial ultrasound , papillary carcinoma , carcinoma , airway , papillary thyroid cancer , pathology , bronchoscopy , surgery
We report a case of papillary carcinoma in a mediastinal ectopic thyroid diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration ( EBUS ‐ TBNA ). In this case, the tumor was adjacent to the central airway; therefore, we attempted to perform EBUS ‐ TBNA to obtain specimens for a diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Surgical resection was conducted, and histological evaluation of the resected specimen confirmed ectopic papillary thyroid carcinoma, consistent with the histology from the EBUS ‐ TBNA specimen. As a safe and minimally invasive procedure, EBUS ‐ TBNA may be considered for the diagnosis of mediastinal lesions, including papillary carcinoma in mediastinal ectopic thyroid.