Thyroid ectopy is the presence of thyroid tissue outside its normal cervical location. Clinical manifestations of thyroid ectopy are varied. The latter complications can be life-threatening. Emergency treatment is often surgical or endoscopic. We report a case of a 26-year-old man with tracheal thyroid ectopy, complicated by respiratory distress, in whom conventional treatments were not feasible. The patient was treated with radioiodine-131 administered in liquid form. The final control showed the complete resolution of the intra-tracheal mass. Intra-tracheal thyroid ectopy is a rare anomaly in which surgery is the traditional treatment. In certain cases where surgery is not feasible or refused, treatment with iodine-131 is a safe and effective alternative for the removal of ectopic thyroid tissue. The aim of our work is to show the significant efficiency of radioiodine therapy as an alternative for the treatment of complicated thyroid ectopia.
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