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Article: Adult Ectopic Thymus Adjacent to Thyroid and Parathyroid.
- Article from:
- Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
- Author:
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A 22-year-old female college student presented to the hospital with a recent history of a slowly enlarging, painless mass in the anterior part of the neck. Thyroid function test results were within normal limits, and aside from cosmetic disfigurement, the patient was asymptomatic. A fine needle aspiration of the right thyroid revealed a colloid nodule with rare Hurthle cells. A right thyroidectomy was subsequently performed.
On gross examination, the right thyroid gland weighed 15.0 g and measured 5.5 X 3.0 X 2.5 cm. The cut surface revealed a well-circumscribed, red-brown, cystic nodule that measured 1.7 cm in maximum dimension. A small red-purple ovoid nodule ...