[Intracardiac ectopic thyroid]

Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 1993;54(6):421-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Intracardiac ectopic thyroid tissue was removed in a 51 years old woman, after echography has discovered a tumor in the right ventricle. There was a normal thyroid gland in the neck and thyroid function tests were normal. Intra-cardiac ectopic thyroid tissue is very rare; it is due to an abnormality of embryological development, when thyroid anlage is in close contact with the embryonic heart.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Choristoma / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Thyroid Gland*