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Lateral aberrant thyroid carcinoma

Lateral aberrant thyroid carcinoma

(Science: tumour) a cervical nodule of thyroid carcinoma situated outside the thyroid gland, formerly thought to arise from ectopic thyroid tissue but now believed to be metastatic from an occult carcinoma within the gland.


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