Case Report
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Clin Cases. Dec 6, 2020; 8(23): 6172-6180
Published online Dec 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i23.6172
Multiple ectopic goiter in the retroperitoneum, abdominal wall, liver, and diaphragm: A case report and review of literature
Lan-Hui Qin, Feng-Yi He, Jin-Yuan Liao
Lan-Hui Qin, Feng-Yi He, Department of Radiology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Jin-Yuan Liao, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Author contributions: Qin LH drafted and prepared the manuscript for final publication; Qin LH and He FY reviewed the literature and drafted the manuscript; Liao JY performed consultation and revised the manuscript; all authors issued final approval for the version to be submitted.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81360220.
Informed consent statement: Informed written consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this report and any accompanying images.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
CARE Checklist (2016) statement: The authors have read the CARE Checklist (2016), and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CARE Checklist (2016).
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Jin-Yuan Liao, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, No. 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. liaojinyuan@gxmu.edu.cn
Received: July 23, 2020
Peer-review started: July 23, 2020
First decision: August 7, 2020
Revised: August 19, 2020
Accepted: September 25, 2020
Article in press: September 25, 2020
Published online: December 6, 2020
Processing time: 134 Days and 1.4 Hours
Core Tip

Core Tip: Ectopic thyroid glands in the abdomen are extremely rare, and the occurrence of ectopic thyroid tissues in multiple regions simultaneously is even rarer. However, it is best to diagnose ectopic thyroid, its function and location, before surgery. Additionally, abdominal metastasis due to thyroid cancer and ectopic thyroid cancer must be differentiated from benign lesions.