CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
24-year-old female with dysphagia.


FINDINGS:
The CT image at the level of the hyoid demonstrates a strongly enhancing mass between the greater horn of the hyoid and the sheath of vessels and nerves. This constricts the hypopharynx dorsally on the right. The mass appears homogeneouly hyperdense.


DIAGNOSIS:
Ectopic right lobe of the thyroid gland lying extremely cranial.


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Other heavily vascularized benign masses.