Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Masquerading as a Thyroid Nodule
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Intrathyroidal thyroglossal duct cyst presenting as a thyroid nodule.
A 50-year-old woman presented with a lateral neck swelling, clinically indistinguishable from solitary thyroid nodule. A right hemithyroidectomy was performed and microscopy revealed an intrathyroidal thyroglossal cyst. Intrathyroidal thyroglossal cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a thyroid nodule.
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عنوان ژورنال: Kansas Journal of Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1948-2035
DOI: 10.17161/kjm.v7i1.11480