title: Branched and polycystic thyroglossal duct anomaly.
abstract: An unusual thyroglossal duct anomaly characterized by a branched tract terminating in two separate cysts is described. The patient presented with a long-standing fistula following previous incomplete excision. Thyroglossal cysts are common congenital anomalies (Moussatos and Baffes, 1963; Allard, 1982), which do not usually present any diagnostic difficulty. However, they may sometimes present with unusual clinico-pathological features. In this report we describe a branching and polycystic thyroglossal duct abnormality occurring in a young woman with a history of previous surgery for a midline cervical mass.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology