Gonul Varan Koc, Anara Karaca, Nese Ersoz Gulcelik, Cavit Culha, Esra Civgin, Muzaffer Caydere, Yalcin Aral

A Case of IntratyhroidalEctopic Thymus [İntratiroidalEktopikTimusOlgusu]

AbstractEctopic intrathyroidal thymus tissue is rare. Mostly it is seen in childhood as an asymptomatic thyroid nodule. It can be easily misdiagnosed as a benign or malignant thyroid nodule. Like thymus, it may regress in time. Ectopic thymus tissue can rarely develop to thymoma or thymic carcinoma. Intrathyroidal ectopic thymus tissue has similar sonographic features to thymus and should be kept in mind to avoid unnecessary diagnostic and surgical intervention. Key words: Ectopic thymus, intrathyroidal thymus, thyroid nodule, ultrasonography ÖzetEktopikintratiroidaltimus dokusu nadir görülmektedir.Daha çok çocuklukçağında, asemptomatiktiroidnodülü olarak saptanmaktadır. Benign veya malign tiroidnodulleri ile karışabilmektedir. İlerleyenyaşla birlikte tıpkıtimus dokusu gibi regrese olabilmektedir.Ektopiktimusdokusunda çok nadiren timoma ve timuskarsinomugeliştiğibildirilmiştir.İntratiroidalektopiktimus dokusu, timusbenzeriultrasonografik görüntü özelliği ile akıldabulundurulmalı ve gereksizişlemlerdenkaçınılmalıdır. Anahtarkelimeler:Ektopiktimus, intratiroidaltimus, tiroidnodülü, ultrasonografi

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Ektopik timus, intratiroidal timus, tiroid nodülü, ultrasonografi

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