Sonographic Detection of Intrathyroidal Branchial Cleft Cyst: A Case Report.

Author: Hye Jeong LEE ¹ ; Eun Kyung KIM ; Soon Won HONG
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1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ekkim@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Thyroid cyst, Branchial cleft cyst, Branchial cleft anomaly, Neck mass, Ultrasound
MeSH: Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology/*ultrasonography; Thyroid Gland/ultrasonography; Humans; Female; Diagnosis, Differential; Branchioma/pathology/*ultrasonography; Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Adult
From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2006;7(2):149-151
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: We report here on an extremely rare case of an intrathyroidal branchial cleft cyst. Intrathyroidal branchial cleft cyst is rare disease entity and it has nonspecific findings on sonography, so the diagnosis of the lesion is very difficult. However, during aspiration, if pus-like materials are aspirated from a thyroid cyst, we should consider the possibility of intrathyroidal branchial cleft cyst in the differential diagnosis.