Intracardiac ectopic thyroid: a case report and review of published cases

A woman with ectopic intracardiac thyroid tissue showing features of a colloid storage goitre presented with ventricular tachycardias and signs of right ventricular outflow obstruction. As the tumour was benign and removed at necropsy, the results of surgery are likely to have been good, but she die...

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Published in:Thorax 1990-04, Vol.45 (4), p.293-294
Main Authors: Richmond, I, Whittaker, J S, Deiraniya, A K, Hassan, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Choristoma - pathology
Female
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Myocardium - pathology
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
Thyroid Gland
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Summary:A woman with ectopic intracardiac thyroid tissue showing features of a colloid storage goitre presented with ventricular tachycardias and signs of right ventricular outflow obstruction. As the tumour was benign and removed at necropsy, the results of surgery are likely to have been good, but she died from a cardiac arrest before operation.
ISSN:0040-6376
1468-3296
DOI:10.1136/thx.45.4.293