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oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1011...

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Case Report
Author
Zhuo, Yuejian Yu, Han Zhou, Xingjian Zhang, Dongdong
Langue
en
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BioMed Central

Category

BMC Pediatrics

Year

2023

listing date

12/12/2023

Keywords
lung goiter nodular ectopic thyroid
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Abstract

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

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