Thyroglossal duct cyst in hyoid bone: CT confirmation.
In our report we describe an atypically sited thyroglossal cyst in a 67-year-old woman. The intrahyoid location is explained by one of the theories of the migration of the rudimentary thyroid during embryogenesis. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT.
Bourjat
P
P
Department of Radiology, University of Strasbourg, France.
Cartier
J
J
Woerther
J P
JP
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed