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Ectopic thyroid in the abdomen: Report of a case

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Ectopic thyroid tissue can be seen anywhere along the path of the descending glands, but it is rarely seen in the abdominal cavity. An ectopic thyroid was encountered incidentally in the pancreas of a 50-year-old woman who underwent a bilateral truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty for a duodenal ulcer. There were no signs or symptoms of a thyroid tumor.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty of Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Erhun EyüboĢlu, Metin Kapan, Turgut Ipek & Yilmaz Ersan

  2. Department of Pathology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty of Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Feriha Öz

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EyüboĢlu, E., Kapan, M., Ipek, T. et al. Ectopic thyroid in the abdomen: Report of a case. Surg Today 29, 472–474 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02483044

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