scholarly journals Branchial Cleft Cyst Mimicking Malignant Thyroid Neoplasm Concurrent with Medullary and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: a Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Wook Yi ◽  
Bo Hyun Kim ◽  
Byung Joo Lee ◽  
Kyungbin Kim
2020 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Andy Cooc ◽  
Insun Chong ◽  
Kevin Yuqi Wang ◽  
Kevin Jiang ◽  
Christie M. Lincolns

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harun Gur ◽  
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Rabia Bozdogan Arpaci ◽  
Onur Ismi ◽  
Ahmet Dag ◽  
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Thyroid ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juri Park ◽  
Soon-Young Kwon ◽  
Nan-Hee Kim ◽  
Sei-Hyun Baik ◽  
Dong-Seop Choi

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Ruhl ◽  
Mark F. Sheridan ◽  
Joseph C. Sniezek

We report a rare case of papillary thyroid carcinoma incidentally found within a branchial cleft cyst. Only four other cases have been described in the literature. A total thyroidectomy and selective neck dissection was performed, and no evidence of occult primary disease was found after review of fine sections. Branchial cleft cysts are the most common lateral neck masses. Ectopic thyroid tissue within a branchial cleft cyst is an unusual phenomenon, and papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from this tissue is extremely rare. Clinicians are left with a diagnostic dilemma when presented with thyroid tissue neoplasm within a neck cyst in the absence of a thyroid primary—is this a case of metastatic disease with a missed primary or rather carcinoma arising in ectopic thyroid tissue? A thorough discussion of the etiologies of these lateral neck masses is reviewed including the embryogenesis of thyroid tissue in a branchial cleft cyst. The prognosis of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma in lateral neck cysts without a primary site identified appears to be good following excision of the cyst and total thyroidectomy. Other management recommendations regarding these unique lateral neck malignancies are also presented.


Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario A Marotta ◽  
Timothy J Morley ◽  
Maxwell J Jabaay ◽  
Leah O Grcevich ◽  
Ryan Gegg

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-8
Author(s):  
Swei H. Tsung

Ectopic thyroid tissue is ubiquitous in the body, most frequently seen at the base of tongue, accounting for approximately 95% of reported cases. Branchial cleft cyst, a congenital abnormality, can occasionally harbor thyroid tissue inside the cyst. These ectopic thyroid tissues can develop the same disease as the orthodox thyroid gland, including the malignant diseases. Papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in the branchial cleft cyst was extremely rare, total of only 14 cases were reported in the literature. Herein, I report additional case which was discovered incidentally after surgery.


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