Guimarães Maria José Araújo da Cunha, Valente Carla Manuela Silva, Santos Lèlita, Baganha Manuel Fontes
Department of Pulmonology and Allergology, Hospitals of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
J Bras Pneumol. 2009 Apr;35(4):383-7. doi: 10.1590/s1806-37132009000400013.
Ectopic thyroid is a rare condition, and its location in the anterior mediastinum is even rarer, there having been only 5 reported cases in the past 30 years. Here, we describe 2 clinical cases and present a review of the literature regarding the etiology, embryology and clinical manifestations of ectopic thyroid.