[Squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid originating from a thyroglossal duct cyst].
A 73 y old female was found to suffer from a squamous cell carcinoma with a focal thymus-like differentiation in a thyroglossal duct cyst. A neoplasma of this type in a goitre with Graves' disease is extremely rare. Sonographic, radiological, scintigraphic and microscopic findings are discussed.
Kresnik
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Nuklearmedizinischen Abteilung, LKH Klagenfurt, Osterreich.
Gallowitsch
H J
HJ
Plöb
J
J
Gomez
I
I
Mikosch
P
P
Dinges
H P
HP
Lind
P
P
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
Plattenepithelkarzinom der Schilddrüse ausgehend von einer Ductus thyreoglossus Zyste.