Peculiar Presentation of an Intrapericardial Ectopic Thyroid
With fewer than ten similar intrapericardial cases reported in the English-language medical literature, this presentation underlines the diagnostic difficulty of such lesions and the importance of including ectopic thyroid tissue among the less common differential diagnostic considerations for intrapericardial masses, particularly in patients with prior thyroid disease.
Authors
- Riccardo Gherli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1263-2235)
- Stefano Auriemma
- Annalisa Roveta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2484-0963)
- Pietro Rinaldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4924-9917)
- Lorenzo Giacometti
Institutions
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Reports — Medical Cases Images and Videos
- Published
- 2026-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/reports9020127
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Anomalies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00