The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

 

Volume 71 Number 2
March 2004		 back to contents
Ectopic Intrathoracic Thyroid: Case Report 131-133

George H. Sakorafas, M.D.1, Athanasios Vlachos, M.D.1, George Tolumis, M.D.2, George A. Kassaras, M.D.1 George K. Anagnostopoulos, M.D.1, and Dimitrios Gorgogiannis, M.D.3

From the Department of 1Surgery, 2Endocrinology, and 3Thoracic Surgery, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Address all correspondence to George H. Sakorafas, M.D., Arkadias 19-21, GR-115 26, Athens, Greece; email: gsakoraf@hol.gr

Accepted for publication July 2003.

ABSTRACT

We present a patient with ectopic intrathoracic thyroid that was removed through a right lateral thoracotomy. Ectopic intrathoracic thyroid is a rare presentation of thyroid disease and comprises about 1% of all mediastinal tumors. Its removal usually necessitates thoracotomy or sternotomy. The relevant literature is briefly reviewed.

KEYWORDS

Goiter, thyroidectomy, retrosternal goiter, ectopic intrathoracic goiter.

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