The Ectopic Accessory Thyroid: About A Case
Taoufik Elabbassi *
General Surgery Department, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Amine Bachar
General Surgery Department, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Mohamed Ouchane
General Surgery Department, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Mohamed Rachid Lefriyekh
General Surgery Department, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The Thyroid ectopic is a rare embryologic malformation that is defined by the presence of thyroid tissue outside of its normal position, the accessory thyroid with a thyroid gland in place is exceptional.
We report a case of an elderly patient operated on for a heteromultinodular goitre with the incidental per-operative discovery of an ectopic accessory thyroid nodule in the anterior mediastinum.
Keywords: Thyroid ectopic, anterior mediastinum, surgery, histology.