Ectopic thyroid and Hashimoto's thyroiditis arising from a thyroglossal duct cyst: a case report

A seventy-five-year-old male patient presented with a palpable smooth mass that moved upwards on swallowing, extending from the hyoid bone to the cricoid cartilage. Ultrasonography, scintigraphy, and thyroid hormone measurements showed the mass free from the thyroid gland. Following a diagnosis of i...

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Published in:	Kulak burun boğaz ihtisas dergisi Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 29
Main Authors:	Gök, Uzeyir, Keleş, Erol, Cobanoğlu, Bengü, Yildiz, Mücahit, Dönder, Emir
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Turkey 01-01-2003
Subjects:	Aged Choristoma - etiology Diagnosis, Differential Humans Male Thyroglossal Cyst - complications Thyroglossal Cyst - diagnosis Thyroglossal Cyst - pathology Thyroglossal Cyst - surgery Thyroid Gland Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - etiology
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Summary:	A seventy-five-year-old male patient presented with a palpable smooth mass that moved upwards on swallowing, extending from the hyoid bone to the cricoid cartilage. Ultrasonography, scintigraphy, and thyroid hormone measurements showed the mass free from the thyroid gland. Following a diagnosis of infected thyroglossal duct cyst by fine needle aspiration biopsy, the mass was removed by surgery. Histopathologic diagnosis was Hashimoto's thyroiditis that developed from the ectopic thyroid tissue on the wall of thyroglossal duct cyst.
ISSN:	1300-7475