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KMID : 0361020230660060417
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2023 Volume.66 No. 6 p.417 ~ p.421
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Ectopic Thyroid Mimicking Lymph Node Metastasis of Thyroid Cancer
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Cho Min-Young
Kim Dong-Young
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Abstract
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Ectopic thyroid is a rare disease that occurs due to an error in the developmental stage of theembryo where the normal thyroid tissue is positioned at an area other than its normal site ofthe 2nd to 4th pretracheal area. Usually, the ectopic thyroid is discovered at the midline of apatient. We present this rare case of lateral ectopic thyroid mimicking the lymph node metas-tasis of thyroid cancer.
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KEYWORD
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Ectopic thyroid, Lymph node, Metastasis
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