The ectopic thyroid tissue in this patient does not contain a nodule and is asymptomatic. Surgery is not necessary, and watchful waiting will be employed by repeat ultrasound exams.

Ectopic thyroid tissue refers to the presence of thyroid cells in locations other than the typical anatomical position anterior to the trachea. This phenomenon is attributed primarily to ...

Thyroid dysgenesis (thyroid aplasia or an ectopic thyroid gland) is responsible for 85 percent of cases of congenital hypothyroidism. The pathogenesis of thyroid dysgenesis is not known.

Late images show normal isotope washout of the thyroid gland with persistent trapping in the ectopic parathyroid adenoma located lateral to the thyroid gland near the submandibular gland (blue arrow).

In 1962 Quigley 4 described the surgical management of sublingual median ectopic thyroid tissue, and two years later, Long et al. 3 reported a case with simultaneous lingual and subhyoid median ...

The data suggests that the functional restoration by the ectopic thyroid is better than the gold standard of oral levothyroxine treatment for controlling hormone levels in response to body signals.

In the absence of medication, normal free T4 and free T3 levels, along with a suppressed TSH, suggest either the presence of overactive residual thyroid tissue or excessive ectopic production of ...

The patient subsequently relocated to the United States, and further work-up in February 2002 again revealed normal thyroid function tests (TSH = 0.81, free T 4 = 1.6, negative antithyroglobulin ...

While ectopic intrathyroidal thymomas represent a rare clinical entity, when present they can be challenging to identify. As with the patient described above, most cases present as an apparent ...