title: A long-standing cystic lymph node metastasis from occult thyroid carcinoma--report of a case.
abstract: The authors describe a patient with a cervical cystic mass present for 14 years which proved to be a cystic metastasis from a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. This is probably the first case report of a long-term lateral cervical cyst caused by an occult thyroid carcinoma.
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Chang Gang Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Hsein, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors: C F
authors: CF
authors: Hwang
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Wu
authors: C Y
authors: CY
authors: Su
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009333:Neck; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors