Karras Spyridon, Anagnostis Panagiotis, Noussios George, Pontikides Nikolaos
Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Apr 22;2013:bcr2013009312. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009312.
Ectopic thyroid tissue comprises a rare clinical entity which can clinically manifest with the whole spectrum of thyroid disorders, including thyroid malignancy. Thyroid carcinoma arising in ectopic thyroid tissue is extremely rare, with only a few cases described in the literature so far. We present a very unusual case of a primary papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in a left lateral branchial cyst, describing our diagnostic and therapeutic approach for this uncommon clinical entity. This is the first case where recombinant thyrotropin was used along with radioiodine treatment in primary ectopic thyroid cancer.
异位甲状腺组织是一种罕见的临床实体,临床上可表现出各种甲状腺疾病,包括甲状腺恶性肿瘤。起源于异位甲状腺组织的甲状腺癌极为罕见,迄今为止文献中仅描述了少数病例。我们报告了一例非常特殊的原发性乳头状甲状腺癌发生在左侧鳃裂囊肿的病例,描述了我们针对这种罕见临床实体的诊断和治疗方法。这是首例在原发性异位甲状腺癌中使用重组促甲状腺素联合放射性碘治疗的病例。