Author/Authors :
bozan, aykut medical park tarsus hastanesi - kulak burun boğaz kliniği, türkiye , polat, ayşe mersin patoloji laboratuvarı, Türkiye , alpay, hayrettin cengiz istanbul kemerburgaz üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - kulak burun boğaz hastalıkları anabilim dalı, Türkiye , göde, sercan ege üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - kulak burun boğaz hastalıkları anabilim dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
Thyroglossal duct cyst is a congenital cyst originating from patent duct remnant during embryological migration of thyroid gland from tongue to neck via foramen ceacum. Malignancy arising from this duct is very rare, whereas in case of malignancy, papillary thyroid carcinoma is encountered mostly. In this paper, we report a 46-year-old female patient who referred to our clinic with a midline neck mass whose histopatological evaluation revealed papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from the thyroglossal canal cyst.
