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SUBMITTER: Cheng L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7347806 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cheng Ling L Jiang Xudong X Jiang Yueqiang Y
Gland surgery 20200601 3
Ectopic thyroid rarely occurs in the thoracic or abdominal cavity, especially in the lung. Here, we describe an intrapulmonary thyroid tissue case in bilateral lung lobes without thyroid malignant history, which was found during a routine physical examination. A 37-year-old Chinese female showed multiple pulmonary nodules appearing in bilateral lung lobes on a computed tomography (CT) scan during a routine medical examination. To rule out the possibility of lung metastasis from occult cancer, a ...[more]