Papillary
Carcinoma Which Arises
in the Thyroglossal Duct Cyst:
A Rare Case Report
Published: February 1, 2012 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2012/.1872
Hanumanthappa M.B., Gopinathan S., Sheetal D., Ashok Hegde, Guruprasad Rai D.
1. Associate Professor, Dept of Surgery,
2. Assistant Professor, Department of ENT,
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery,
4. Professor, Department of Surgery,
5. Resident, Department of Surgery,
A.J. Institute of Medical Scinces, Mangalore, South Canara
575004, India.
Correspondence
Dr.M.B.Hanumanthappa
Dept of Surgery
AJ Institute of Medical sciences, Kuntikana
Mangalore, South Canara 575004, India
Email: mb_h@rediffmail.com
Carcinoma which arises in the thyroglossal duct cyst is a very rare; about 215 cases have been reported worldwide (6). We wish to report one such case of papillary carcinoma of the thyroglossal duct cyst in a 20 year old female. In a majority of the cases, the diagnosis can be established only after the excision and the histopathological evaluation of the clinically benign thyroglossal duct cyst, as it happened in our case.
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