Locally Advanced Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma Presenting as a Neck Mass
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...
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| author | Niranjan Tachamo Brian Le Jeffrey Driben Vasudev Magaji |
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| description | 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 female who presented with a midline neck mass and dysphagia and was found to have papillary thyroid cancer in the biopsy specimen of the neck mass. She underwent excision of the mass and the thyroglossal duct cyst along with total thyroidectomy; however, the thyroidectomy specimen showed no malignancy. Her lymph node mapping was negative and she is awaiting radioactive iodine treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b1cd748eb5dd4475bb30e406ccf9d9002025-02-03T01:24:53ZengWileyCase Reports in Endocrinology2090-65012090-651X2017-01-01201710.1155/2017/70143137014313Locally Advanced Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma Presenting as a Neck MassNiranjan Tachamo0Brian Le1Jeffrey Driben2Vasudev Magaji3Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USADepartment of Pathology, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USAENT Head & Neck Specialists, Wyomissing, PA 19610, USADepartment of Endocrinology, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, USAThyroglossal 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 female who presented with a midline neck mass and dysphagia and was found to have papillary thyroid cancer in the biopsy specimen of the neck mass. She underwent excision of the mass and the thyroglossal duct cyst along with total thyroidectomy; however, the thyroidectomy specimen showed no malignancy. Her lymph node mapping was negative and she is awaiting radioactive iodine treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7014313 |
| spellingShingle | Niranjan Tachamo Brian Le Jeffrey Driben Vasudev Magaji Locally Advanced Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma Presenting as a Neck Mass Case Reports in Endocrinology |
| title | Locally Advanced Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma Presenting as a Neck Mass |
| title_full | Locally Advanced Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma Presenting as a Neck Mass |
| title_fullStr | Locally Advanced Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma Presenting as a Neck Mass |
| title_full_unstemmed | Locally Advanced Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma Presenting as a Neck Mass |
| title_short | Locally Advanced Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma Presenting as a Neck Mass |
| title_sort | locally advanced thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma presenting as a neck mass |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7014313 |
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