Tan Yuying, Yu Wei, Wang Xiaocong, Gao Yongsheng, Xu Hui
Department of Echocardiography, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Echocardiography. 2017 Jul;34(7):1096-1098. doi: 10.1111/echo.13551. Epub 2017 May 12.
Ectopic thyroid is a rare congenital embryonic anomaly. Ectopic thyroid tissue can be located anywhere during its descent, but it is found primarily at the base of the tongue and in the mediastinum. It is very rarely found in the heart. Here, we report a rare case of cardiac ectopic thyroid tissue in a 53-year-old woman who presented with chest pain. Echocardiography revealed an intracardiac mass that was removed successfully. Histopathology confirmed that the mass was thyroid tissue without malignancy.