OBJECTIVE: Discuss the clinical features of primary ectopic thyroid carcinoma. METHOD: The clinical data of three cases diagnosed of primary ectopic thyroid carcinoma in our department since 1990 were analyzed ret respectively and related literature was reviewed. RESULT: All three patients were young females that had cervical lumps before surgery. The pathology results confirmed the diagnosis of ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma. All cases had followed up till now and no relapse signs occurred. CONCLUSION: Ectopic thyroid tissue is resulting from developmental defects at early stages of thyroid gland embryogenesis. They can cancerization, the treatment of ectopic thyroid carcinoma is also controversial. Here,we report 3 cases of primary ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma, all of which were removed by surgery, take thyroxin orally after surgery and have a great prognosis.
OBJECTIVE: Discuss the clinical features of primary ectopic thyroid carcinoma. METHOD: The clinical data of three cases diagnosed of primary ectopic thyroid carcinoma in our department since 1990 were analyzed ret respectively and related literature was reviewed. RESULT: All three patients were young females that had cervical lumps before surgery. The pathology results confirmed the diagnosis of ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma. All cases had followed up till now and no relapse signs occurred. CONCLUSION: Ectopic thyroid tissue is resulting from developmental defects at early stages of thyroid gland embryogenesis. They can cancerization, the treatment of ectopic thyroid carcinoma is also controversial. Here,we report 3 cases of primary ectopic thyroid papillary carcinoma, all of which were removed by surgery, take thyroxin orally after surgery and have a great prognosis.