RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Synchronous carcinoma of thyroglossal duct cyst and native thyroid gland
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e250853
DO 10.1136/bcr-2022-250853
VO 15
IS 11
A1 Devaraja, K
A1 Malapure, Sumeet Suresh
A1 Neeraj, R
A1 Chandrappa, Deepa Hunasaghatta
YR 2022
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/15/11/e250853.abstract
AB The unobliterated portion of embryological thyroglossal duct may present as cystic swelling later in life and may contain functional thyroid follicles. This cyst requires excision along with the entire thyroglossal duct remnant and adjacent portion of hyoid bone. At times, the excised specimen could demonstrate a focus of carcinomatous change inside the cyst wall. Very rarely, this thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma could be associated with malignancy of native thyroid gland. This case report illustrates an interesting case of synchronous carcinoma of thyroglossal duct cyst and native thyroid gland. It also sheds light on the controversies related to the pathophysiology of such association and the dilemmas surrounding the management of thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma, with or without concurrent carcinoma of thyroid gland.