A Case of Intrathyroid Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
10.11106/ijt.2018.11.2.167
- Author:
Dae Hwan KIM
1
;
Min Ji KANG
;
Jin Pyeong KIM
;
Jong Sil LEE
;
Ji Hyun SEO
;
Jung Je PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.capetown@gnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thyglossal duct cyst;
Thyroid gland;
Neck
- MeSH:
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Epithelial Cells;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Thyroglossal Cyst;
Thyroid Diseases;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Nodule
- From:International Journal of Thyroidology
2018;11(2):167-171
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
An intrathyroid thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC) presented as an anterior neck mass in a 62-year-old male without history of prior thyroid disease or infection. This cyst was clinically indistinguishable from a thyroid nodule. In addition to that, fine needle aspiration cytology revealed normal–looking squamous cells. Diagnosis, work-up, management approach, and treatment of intrathyroid TGDC are discussed as well as distinguishing features between intrathyrod TGDC with tract and without tract. This is the very rare case of intrathyroid TGDC in Korean population and the possibility of intrathyroid TGDC should remain in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodule.
