OBJECTIVE To present a case of squamous cell carcinoma developed on a thyroglossal duct cyst in an adult patient. Modalities of treatment and prevention are discussed. PATIENT AND METHODS A 55-year-old woman had a thyroglossal duct cyst since childhood. Surgical resection had not been performed because of parental refusal. RESULTS Diagnosis of malignant degeneration was suggested by an incr...

INTRODUCTION This is a case report of a 44-year-old woman with papillary carcinoma of a thyroglossal duct cyst. CASE PRESENTATION A 44 year-old woman presented to the otolaryngology outpatient clinic with an asymptomatic anterior midline neck mass. A cervical ultrasound showed a lesion which appeared to be a thyroglossal duct cyst and surgical resection using Sistrunk's procedure was performe...

Introduction Thyroglossal duct cysts are one of the most common congenital pathologic findings in children's cervical area. This type of cyst can be located anywhere between the base of the tongue and the sternal manubrium. Case Report We report the case of a patient with a double thyroglossal cyst, located inferior to the hyoid bone. The 2 cysts were connected by a common permeable tract, whic...

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 ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Thyroid carcinoma arising in a thyroglossal duct cyst may be clinically indistinguishable from a benign thyroglossal duct cyst. The preoperative diagnosis of carcinoma, however, can have important implications for surgical planning and postoperative treatment. Our purpose was to describe the CT appearance of thyroglossal duct carcinoma and identify the features that disti...

Thyroglossal duct cyst presents most frequently in the midline of the neck, either at or just below the level of the hyoid bone. They generally manifest as painless neck swelling, and they move on protrusion of tongue and during swallowing. A case of thyroglossal cyst was reported in the left submandibular region in a 14-year-old girl, above the level of hyoid bone; ultrasound examination favor...

INTRODUCTION Thyroglossal duct cysts account for approximately 70% of congenital neck abnormalities. Hoarseness of voice and the extension of the cyst into the larynx are very uncommon. CLINICAL PICTURE We present a patient with a long history of a large thyroglossal cyst who developed progressive hoarseness of voice. The cyst had protruded into the larynx producing the appearance of a laryng...

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 ra...

Most thyroglossal duct cysts are located at or very close to the midline. They generally manifest as painless neck swellings, and they move on protrusion of the tongue and during deglutition. We describe a case of thyroglossal duct cyst that was unusual in that the cyst was located far from the midline, it did not move on protrusion of the tongue, and it was associated with symptoms of dysphagi...

A seventy-five-year-old male patient presented with a palpable smooth mass that moved upwards on swallowing, extending from the hyoid bone to the cricoid cartilage. Ultrasonography, scintigraphy, and thyroid hormone measurements showed the mass free from the thyroid gland. Following a diagnosis of infected thyroglossal duct cyst by fine needle aspiration biopsy, the mass was removed by surgery....