A Case of Huge Aberrant Thyroid on the Phyroid Cartilage |
JS Lee, MD, and JC Rhee, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Presbyterian Hospital, Daegu, Korea |
巨大한 甲狀軟骨의 腫瘍을 의심한 미입성 甲狀腺(腫)의 1例 |
李正洙 · 李晶昌 |
대구 동산기독병원 이비인후과 |
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ABSTRACT |
Recently, the author experienced a case of rare aberrant thyroid in the neck. The patient, 27 years old woman, had a slowly enlarging mass in the right side of thyroid cartilage for 5 years. There were no other symptoms. Examination disclosed a 4 by 5 centimeter mass in the right neck, just on the level of the thyroid cartilage. Surgical resection was done, which revealed follicular adenoma of thyroid, macrofollicular type microscopically. Post-operative thyroid scanning showed normal thyroid shadow in her anterior neck.
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