Intracardiac ectopic thyroid (struma cordis)

J Card Surg. 2014 Mar;29(2):155-8. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12245. Epub 2013 Nov 25.

Abstract

A 67-year-old male with a history of gastrointestinal malignancy was found to have a tumor in the right ventricular outflow tract. The tumor was surgically removed, and the histological diagnosis was thyroid struma. We review the literature on this rare cardiac tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choristoma / diagnosis
  • Choristoma / pathology
  • Choristoma / surgery*
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Diseases / pathology
  • Heart Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Thyroid Gland*
  • Treatment Outcome