The case of a patient with an intracardiac ectopic thyroid is reported. A cardiac tumor was found in a 66-year-old woman and was diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. An intraoperative biopsy was performed, and the mass was recognized as an ectopic thyroid and treated with a conservative surgical approach because of the size, location, and relationship to adjacent structures. The 60-month follow-up shows normal echocardiographic images and the good clinical status of the patient.
Intracardiac ectopic thyroid: conservative surgical treatment / Polvani, Gl; Antona, C; Porqueddu, M; Pompilio, G; Cavoretto, D; Gherli, T; Sala, A; Biglioli, P.. - In: ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 0003-4975. - 55:5(1993), pp. 1249-1251.
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