Background: Persistent thyroglossal duct leads to a fibrous cyst formation named thyroglossal cyst which is the most common form of congenital cyst and usually located in the midline neck below the hyoid bone. Rarely the thyroglossal cyst is associated with thyroid cancer. Although the Sistrunk procedure is often considered adequate, currently there is no clear consensus on the optimal manageme...

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...

The ectopic thyroid gland is a rare condition. In most cases, tissue the only functioning tissue, but it may rarely be associated with normal gland. Ectopic carcinoma within thyroglossal duct cyst very entity, controversial individual approaches. This encouraged us to present case of 31-year- old woman, papillary in and duct. After suspicion malignancy ultrasonography neck, FNA-biopsy was perfo...

Thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) is a cystic expansion of a remnant of the thyroglossal duct tract. Carcinomas in the TDC are extremely rare and are usually an incidental finding after the Sistrunk procedure. In this report, an unusual case of a 36-year-old woman with concurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in the TDC and on the thyroid gland is presented, followed by a discussion of the con...

Thyroglossal duct cysts are usually located in the midline of the neck. The coexistence of carcinomas in thyroglossal duct cysts is extremely rare, with most being papillary carcinomas. Usually, the diagnosis is only made postoperatively after excision of the cyst. Although the Sistrunk procedure is often regarded as adequate, controversies exist concerning the need for thyroidectomy depending ...

OBJECTIVES To determine if the clinical presentation of thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDC) varies between children and adults and whether this knowledge helps optimize the surgical management. METHODS We retrospectively identified all patients with TGDC managed in our department between 1992 and 2002. We reviewed the patients' charts and recorded their gender, age at diagnosis, clinical presentat...

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...