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Ann Thorac Surg 1975;19:98-100
© 1975 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Ectopic Thyroid Nodule in the Esophagus

R.W. Postlethwait, M.D.*, Don E. Detmer, M.D.

From the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Durham, N.C

Accepted for publication April 29, 1974.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Postlethwait, Veterans Administration Hospital, 508 Fulton St., Durham, N.C. 27705

An incidental finding in a 51-year-old man was a small nodule in the cervical portion of the esophagus. The bluish appearance on endoscopy suggested a hemangioma, but subsequent excision showed the submucosal nodule to be thyroid tissue. Two patients with this lesion have been reported previously.




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