%0 Journal Article
%T Tir¨®ide ect¨®pica: A prop¨®sito de um caso cl¨ªnico
%A Moreira
%A Fl¨¢via
%A Mota
%A Iolanda
%J Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the authors present a case report of an ectopic mediastinal thyroid tissue in a 45-year-old men sent to the the pulmonology department of hospital entre douro e vouga to evaluate an enlargement of the mediastinum found in a routine radiogram requested by the family doctor. some considerations on ectopic thyroid tissue, a rare finding in medical practice, are made, as well as the distinction between intrathoracic goiter and true ectopic thyroid.
%K ectopic thyroid tissue
%K intra-thoracic goiter
%K case report.
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