Does Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Develop De Novo?

Tekin Baglam; Adem Binnetoglu; Ali Cemal Yumusakhuylu; Berat Demir; Gokce Askan; Murat Sari

doi:10.1155/2015/382760

Case Reports in Otolaryngology (Jan 2015)

Does Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Develop De Novo?

Tekin Baglam,
Adem Binnetoglu,
Ali Cemal Yumusakhuylu,
Berat Demir,
Gokce Askan,
Murat Sari

Affiliations

Tekin Baglam: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Fevzi Cakmak Mahallesi, Ust Kaynarca-Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, Turkey
Adem Binnetoglu: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Fevzi Cakmak Mahallesi, Ust Kaynarca-Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, Turkey
Ali Cemal Yumusakhuylu: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Fevzi Cakmak Mahallesi, Ust Kaynarca-Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, Turkey
Berat Demir: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Fevzi Cakmak Mahallesi, Ust Kaynarca-Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, Turkey
Gokce Askan: Department of Pathology, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Fevzi Cakmak Mahallesi, Ust Kaynarca-Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, Turkey
Murat Sari: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Fevzi Cakmak Mahallesi, Ust Kaynarca-Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/382760
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

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Backround. Thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) is a developmental abnormality of the thyroid gland. Due to embryological remnants of thyroid tissue located in the TDC, the same malignant tumors that develop in the thyroid gland can also develop in the TDC. Methods. We present the unique case of a 39-year-old female with simultaneous de novo papillary carcinoma in a TDC and the thyroid gland. Results. With the suspicion of simultaneous papillary carcinoma in the TDC and the thyroid gland, Sistrunk procedure with total thyroidectomy and central neck exploration was performed. Conclusion. The clinician should have a high index of suspicion upon encountering papillary carcinoma of the TDC to differentiate de novo papillary carcinoma in the TDC from those originating from the thyroid gland, because papillary carcinoma in TDC may originate from an occult thyroid papillary carcinoma.

Published in Case Reports in Otolaryngology

ISSN: 2090-6765 (Print); 2090-6773 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2807

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