An Ectopic location of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Abstract

Papillary carcinoma is one of the most common differentiated cancers of the thyroid. Its localization is mainly thyroid, nevertheless, the embryological development of this gland as well as the metastatic power presented by certain anatomopathological variants make it possible to explain certain unusual localizations of thyroid cancers. The purpose of this article is to present through a clinical case, an ectopic situation of a papillary carcinoma despite the regularity and normality of the thyroid gland.