Document detail
ID
oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1011...
Topic
Case ReportAuthor
Zhuo, Yuejian Yu, Han Zhou, Xingjian Zhang, DongdongLangue
enEditor
BioMed Central
Category
BMC Pediatrics
Year
2023
listing date
12/12/2023
Keywords
lung goiter nodular ectopic thyroidAbstract
BACKGROUND: The intrapulmonary ectopic thyroid gland is exceedingly rare since the ectopic thyroid was discovered.
Only eight cases have been reported in the worldwide literature.
We present a case of multiple intrapulmonary ectopic thyroid glands with nodular goiter in a 10-year-old girl.
CASE PRESENTATION: The girl was found with multiple intrapulmonary nodules in bilateral lungs during the treatment of nodular goiter.
The intrapulmonary lesions were initially thought to be a high possibility of metastatic cancer.
A computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung biopsy was performed, and the pathological examination confirmed that the diagnosis was ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid.
CONCLUSION: The ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid should be considered when children with nodular goiter presenting with suspected metastases in the lung.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12887-023-04003-3.
Zhuo, Yuejian,Yu, Han,Zhou, Xingjian,Zhang, Dongdong, 2023, Ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid masquerading as metastatic carcinoma of the lung: a rare case scenario, BioMed Central
