Case Report
Year: 2016 | Month: December | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 335-338
Aberrant Thyroid in Glenoid Cavity of Scapula: A Rare Case Report
Rajeev Sen1, Shilpi Bhargava2, Richa Panwar2, Namita Bhutani3, Sucheta2, Rajat Gauba4
1Senior Professor & Head of Department of Pathology; 2Senior Resident, Department of Pathology;3Junior resident, Department of Pathology; 4Ex-Senior Resident, Department of Radiology;
Pt. B. D. Sharma, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana.
Corresponding Author: Sucheta
ABSTRACT
Ectopic thyroid refers to presence of thyroid tissue in another region apart from its normal anatomic localization, that is, anterolateral to the second to fourth tracheal cartilage. Its prevalence accounts for 1 case per 300 persons and 1 in 4-8 patients with symptomatic thyroid disease. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) and histopathological examination with immunohistochemistry (IHC) provide confirmatory diagnosis of ectopic thyroid and also helps to differentiate between normal thyroid tissue and metastatic well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Herein, we report a rare entity of aberrant thyroid tissue which came out to be normal thyroid tissue on histopathological examination.
Key words: aberrant thyroid, ectopic thyroid, scapula, histopathology.