Tiróide ectópica: A propósito de um caso clínico

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.