Carcinoma papilar primario derivado de tejido tiroideo ectópico en tráquea / Primary papillary carcinoma originating in tracheal ectopic thyroid tissue
Rev. colomb. cir
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30(1): 62-67, ene.-mar. 2015. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMEN
El carcinoma tiroideo originado en tejido tiroideo ectópico es una entidad clínica poco común; son lesiones que se presentan generalmente como una masa en la línea media, que se desarrolla a partir de un remanente del conducto tirogloso. El hallazgo de una lesión maligna en un verdadero tejido tiroideo aberrante es inusual. Ante su poca frecuencia, se presenta el caso de una paciente en quien se diagnosticó un carcinoma papilar primario derivado de tejido tiroideo ectópico en tráquea.
ABSTRACT
Thyroid carcinoma arising from an ectopic thyroid tissue is an uncommon clinical entity. These lesions usually present as a mass in the midline that develops from a thyroglossal duct remainder. The finding of a malignant lesion in true aberrant thyroid tissue is unusual. Given the strangeness of this condition we present the case of a patient in which the diagnosis conducted a primary papillary carcinoma arising from ectopic thyroid tissue in the trachea.
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Main subject:
Thyroid Neoplasms
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. colomb. cir
Journal subject:
General Surgery
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Cartagena/CO
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