PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Renee Booth
AU  - Ashwini Milind Tilak
AU  - Sugoto Mukherjee
AU  - James Daniero
TI  - Thyroglossal duct cyst masquerading as a laryngocele
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-228319
DP  - 2019 Mar 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e228319
VI  - 12
IP  - 3
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/3/e228319.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/3/e228319.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2019 Mar 01; 12
AB  - Thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDCs) are the most common congenital neck mass and often present in the paediatric population as a painless mass in the midline. A lateralised neck mass presenting for the first time in an adult may raise more concern for malignancy or a laryngocele. A 50-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic right level II neck mass adjacent to the thyroid cartilage. Preoperative CT revealed a cystic mass right of the midline with an intralaryngeal component. Intraoperatively, the lesion tracked towards the central hyoid bone; a Sistrunk procedure was performed. Postoperative pathology revealed a small foci of thyroid tissue within the mass. Careful consideration of the origin of this unusually presenting TGDC enabled appropriate operative management.