A case of ectopic thyroid within the right ventricle (struma cordis) occurring in a middle-aged Jamaican woman is described. This rare and fascinating condition is curable utilizing standard open-heart surgical techniques. Investigations to rule out primary thyroid or ovarian malignancy, as well as the presence of remaining normal thyroid tissue or other ectopic thyroid rests are important in the management of these patients.
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Circ Cardiovasc Imaging
October 2020
Department of Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging (H.M., C.B., M.-A.A., G.G., O.B., S.C.), Institut du Cœur Saint-Gatien, Nouvelle Clinique Tours Plus, France.
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Área de Corazón, Hospital El Ángel, Málaga, España.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
June 2017
Departamento de Cardiologia da Universidade Federal de Góias, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
J Card Surg
March 2014
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
A 67-year-old male with a history of gastrointestinal malignancy was found to have a tumor in the right ventricular outflow tract. The tumor was surgically removed, and the histological diagnosis was thyroid struma. We review the literature on this rare cardiac tumor.
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April 2005
Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
A case of ectopic thyroid within the right ventricle (struma cordis) occurring in a middle-aged Jamaican woman is described. This rare and fascinating condition is curable utilizing standard open-heart surgical techniques. Investigations to rule out primary thyroid or ovarian malignancy, as well as the presence of remaining normal thyroid tissue or other ectopic thyroid rests are important in the management of these patients.
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