Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma is rare and occurs in just 1% of cases with thyroglossal duct cysts. It is not always possible to distinguish a thyroglossal cyst harboring malignancy from its benign counterparts unless biopsied, thus posing the dilemma. Currently there is no clear consensus on the optimal management of thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma. Here we present the case of a 69-year-old...

Carcinoma which arises in the thyroglossal duct cyst is a very rare. About 215 cases have been reported worldwide till yet. We wish to report one such case of papillary carcinoma of the thyroglossal duct cyst in a 50 year old female. In a majority of the cases, the diagnosis is made on histopathological evaluation after the excision of the clinically benign thyroglossal duct cyst.

Thyroglossal duct cysts may present at any age. However, only rarely do they first present in elderly patients. We outline a series of thyroglossal duct cysts in elderly patients at John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX. There appears to be a remarkable rate of malignant transformation noted in this subset of the population. We would therefore suggest early and definitive removal of all sus...

Objectives Squamous cell carcinoma in a thyroglossal duct cyst is exceedingly rare with only 26 reported cases in the literature so far, which only account for 6% of the patients. Methods We report a unique case of squamous cell carcinoma arising from a thyroglossal duct cyst in a 49-year-old male who was primarily diagnosed as a thyroglossal duct cyst with inflammation. The patient underwent...

Thyroglossal duct cyst is the most common congenital cyst in the head and neck, which is defined usually occurring in children. However, intra-thyroid thyroglossal duct cyst in an adult is unusually found. Here we describe a case of a 45-year-old woman who was found neck mass along the midline for 5 years. During the surgery we found a separated nodule in the left inferior pole of the thyroid. ...

OBJECTIVES To report a rare case of thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma which presented with obstructive sleep apnoea, and to highlight the difficulties in making this clinical diagnosis. METHOD Case report and review of the English language literature concerning thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma. RESULTS Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma is a rare clinical entity found in only approximately 1 p...

Thyroglossal duct cysts are the most common congenital abnormalities of the neck, constituting about 70% of all cervical neck masses in children and 7% of the adult population. The occurrence of carcinoma in a thyroglossal duct cyst is very rare (less than 1%). Malignancy of the thyroglossal duct cyst usually presents in the third or fourth decade of life. We report a case of carcinoma in the t...

 Abstract Background: Thyroglossal duct cysts (TDC) are the most common congenital neck masses arising from the expansion of the epithelial tract remnants occurring during embryogenic thyroid migration. About 7% of the population have thyroglossal duct remnants. Clinical presentation is frequent in children, but adults can also present with thyroglossal duct cysts. Thyroglossal duct cysts may r...

thyroglossal duct cyst is a well-known congenital entity, and its embryonic development and clinical presentation are well understood. very little can be added to the classic material found in the world literature. rare cases of unusual clinical presentation have also been reported. our case of endolaryngeal thyroglossal duct cyst is reported because of its unique endolaryngeal presentation, ha...

A 52-year-old woman presented with a small midline anterior neck mass and a 3-kg-weight loss over the course of one month. The patient was diagnosed with Graves disease based on increased free T4 levels (3.30 ng/dL), suppressed thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels (<0.001 IU/mL), and a high titer of TSH receptor antibodies (32.6 IU/L). Scintigraphy with Tc-99m pertechnetate (Fig. 1) also re...