Department of Oncology, People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang No. 1, Jiefang Road No.15, Xiangyang, Hubei, 441000, China.
Department of Pathology, People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang No.1, Xiangyang, 441000, China.
BMC Pediatr. 2023 Apr 18;23(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04003-3.
The intrapulmonary ectopic thyroid gland is exceedingly rare since the ectopic thyroid was discovered. Only eight cases have been reported in the worldwide literature. We present a case of multiple intrapulmonary ectopic thyroid glands with nodular goiter in a 10-year-old girl.
The girl was found with multiple intrapulmonary nodules in bilateral lungs during the treatment of nodular goiter. The intrapulmonary lesions were initially thought to be a high possibility of metastatic cancer. A computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung biopsy was performed, and the pathological examination confirmed that the diagnosis was ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid.
The ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid should be considered when children with nodular goiter presenting with suspected metastases in the lung.
自从异位甲状腺被发现以来,肺内异位甲状腺极其罕见。全球文献中仅报道了 8 例。我们报告了一例 10 岁女孩患有多发性肺内异位甲状腺和结节性甲状腺肿的病例。
在治疗结节性甲状腺肿时,女孩被发现双侧肺部有多发性肺内结节。肺内病变最初被认为极有可能是转移性癌症。进行了 CT 引导下经皮肺活检,病理检查证实诊断为肺内异位甲状腺。
当儿童结节性甲状腺肿出现肺部疑似转移时,应考虑肺内异位甲状腺。