Table 1 Literature Review Summary Table
Year | Author | Country | Title | Conclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Cao L, et al. [1] | China | Clinical Characteristic and molecular pathology of skull ectopic thyroid cancer | The ETT was correlated with Akt/mTOR pathway high expression; orthotopic thyroid was related with MAPK/BRAF/ERK signaling pathway high expression; and the metastatic thyroid cancer was related with NFkB/MMP9 high expression. |
2013 | Ko HH, et al. [2] | Korea | Ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid: a case report | In this case the patient was previously operated for thyroid cancer and later an ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid was discovered at the follow-up. |
2013 | Wang SC, et al. [3] | Taiwan | Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in the Adrenal Gland Mimicking a Pheochromocytoma | Ectopic thyroid tissue occurring in the adrenal gland is extremely rare. Tsujimura t al. [11] reported the first case of ETTAG in 1996.2 Until now, there have been only 11 cases reported in the literature. |
2017 | Tamaki S, et al. [4] | Japan | Laparoscopic resection of retroperitoneal ectopic thyroid tissue | This case shows the unusual finding of ectopic thyroid tissue in the retroperitoneum and the usefulness of laparoscopy for resecting such masses. |
2003 | Gamblin TC, et al. [5] | USA | Ectopic thyroid | Here is presented a case of ETT extended from the thoracic inlet inferiorly, anterior to the heart, with severe tracheal deviation to the patient’s right. |
2004 | De Felice M, et al. [6] | Italy | Thyroid development and its disorders: genetics and molecular mechanisms | Gene-targeting experiments have demonstrated that Foxe1 is required for thyroid migration and that mice homozygous for Foxe1 mutations show a sublingual thyroid. |
2013 | Nettore IC, et al. [7] | Italy | The molecular causes of thyroid dysgenesis: a systematic review | Several mutations in genes playing a role during thyroid morphogenesis such as NKX2-1, PAX8, FOXE1, NKX2-5, TSHR, have been reported in ETT |
2010 | Abu-Khudir R, et al. [8] | Canada | Transcriptome, methylome and genomic variations analysis of ectopic thyroid glands | This study analyzed gene expression, genome-wide methylation, and structural genome variations in normal versus ETT, demonstrating a differential gene expression in ETT. |