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'''Lateral aberrant thyroid tissue''' is [[thyroid gland|thyroid]] tissue lateral to the jugular vein, that is not within a [[lymph node]]. | '''Lateral aberrant thyroid tissue''' is [[thyroid gland|thyroid]] tissue lateral to the jugular vein, that is not within a [[lymph node]]. | ||
''Aberrant thyroid tissue'' redirect here. | |||
==General== | |||
*Lateral aberrant thyroid tissue is considered [[metastasis|metastatic]] thyroid carcinoma ([[papillary thyroid carcinoma]]) even if it looks benign;<ref name=pmid14452106>{{Cite journal | last1 = Johnson| first1 = RW. | last2 = Saha | first2 = NC. | title = The so-called lateral aberrant thyroid. | journal = Br Med J | volume = 1 | issue = 5293 | pages = 1668-9 | month = Jun | year = 1962 | doi = | PMID = 14452106 | PMC = 1958877 }}</ref> however, this dictum is disputed.<ref name=pmid17319317>{{Cite journal | last1 = Escofet | first1 = X. | last2 = Khan | first2 = AZ. | last3 = Mazarani | first3 = W. | last4 = Woods | first4 = WG. | title = Lessons to be learned: a case study approach. Lateral aberrant thyroid tissue: is it always malignant? | journal = J R Soc Promot Health | volume = 127 | issue = 1 | pages = 45-6 | month = Jan | year = 2007 | doi = | PMID = 17319317 }}</ref> | |||
*Morphologically benign thyroid tissue in a lymph node appears to have a benign behaviour, if found incidentally.<ref name=pmid15744160>{{Cite journal | last1 = León | first1 = X. | last2 = Sancho | first2 = FJ. | last3 = García | first3 = J. | last4 = Sañudo | first4 = JR. | last5 = Orús | first5 = C. | last6 = Quer | first6 = M. | title = Incidence and significance of clinically unsuspected thyroid tissue in lymph nodes found during neck dissection in head and neck carcinoma patients. | journal = Laryngoscope | volume = 115 | issue = 3 | pages = 470-4 | month = Mar | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1097/01.mlg.0000157841.63283.87 | PMID = 15744160 }}</ref> | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Papillary thyroid carcinoma]]. | *[[Papillary thyroid carcinoma]]. | ||
*[[ | *[[Lymph node metastasis]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||