A Rare Case of Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in Gall Bladder

Autor: Kundhavai Chandrasekaran, Kishore Babu EP, Rajesh Kanna NR, Vijayashree Raghavan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 4 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0972-5997
Popis: Thyroid tissue in an ectopic location (choristoma) seen in the gall bladder is a rare entity. We report a case of thyroid tissue in an ectopic location in gall bladder in a 29 year old woman with recurrent abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography showed multiple gall stones and after cholecystectomy, the histopathology showed thyroid tissue in an ectopic location seen in the wall of the gall bladder.
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