Papillary carcinoma in a thyroglossal duct: case report
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Papillary carcinoma in a thyroglossal duct: case report.
CONTEXT Thyroglossal duct cysts are the most common congenital cervical abnormality in childhood. Malignant lesions are rare in thyroglossal duct cysts (about 1%). OBJECTIVE To report a case of papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal duct cysts. DESIGN Case report. CASE REPORT The patient was a 21-year-old female with a four-month history of an anterior midline neck mass but without other sym...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31801999000600005