Computed tomography imaging of an ectopic thyroid on the ascending aorta

Chongfu Jia, Zhiqiang Yang, Xiaoming Bian, Fei Zheng, Xixia Sun, Zhaoqian Wang

Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.

DOI: 10.4236/wjcd.2013.32032                

Abstract

Ectopic thyroid on the ascending aorta is extremely rare, and its radiologic characteristics have not been reported in the radiologic literature. A case of ectopic thyroid on the ascending aorta is reported, and its imaging characteristics on computed tomography are discussed.

Keywords

Aorta; Tomography; X-Ray Computed; Ectopic Thyroid

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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