OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine if ultrasound could differentiate between thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDC) and midline dermoid cysts (DC). STUDY DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS A search of pathology reports yielded 91 patients with TGDC or midline DC. Ultrasound images were presented to a radiologist blinded to pathology who evaluated the following: 1) depth of lesion from skin, 2) maximum di...

Corresponding author: Wioletta Pietruszewska MD, PhD Department of Otolaryngology Medical University of Lodz 22 Kopcinskiego St 90-153 Lodz, Poland Phone: +48 602 225 721 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Department of Otolaryngology and Oncological Laryngology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 2 Department of Nephropathology and Oncological Laryngology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, P...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify ultrasonographic features that can be used to differentiate between thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDCs) and dermoid cysts (DCs). METHODS We searched surgical pathology reports completed between January 2004 and October 2015 and identified 66 patients with TGDCs or DCs who had undergone preoperative ultrasonography. The ultrasound images were revie...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Endoscope-assisted transoral removal of a thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC) has been introduced to clinical practice. However, the technical feasibility, efficacy, and safety of this procedure have not been studied. Herein, we conducted a prospective clinical trial to evaluate endoscope-assisted transoral removal of a TGDC. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS Th...

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.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to evaluate the indications for, and outcomes and limitations of, OK-432 therapy in various otolaryngological cystic diseases. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective clinical study at Yamagata University School of Medicine and the Fukase Clinic in Japan. METHODS Between April 1996 and November 2009 we tried OK-432 therapy in 148 patients with otolaryngo...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of ultrasonography for determining which pediatric midline neck masses should be treated surgically. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric hospital. PATIENTS Pediatric patients with a midline neck mass who underwent ultrasonography from 2003 to 2011. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Demographics, ultrasonography, and surgical and patholog...

An extremely rare case of papillary carcinoma is described arising in a submental-intralingual thyroglossal duct cyst. A 27-year-old male presented with a painless swelling in the submental region extending to the tongue which had gradually been increasing in size over the last three months. Upon examination of the neck, a tender right paramedian mass was found in the submental region just abov...