Papillary carcinoma arising from ectopic thyroid gland in the wall of a thyroglossal duct cyst.
A young man operated on because of a thyroglossal duct cyst, developed papillary carcinoma four years later. There was no recurrence after the second surgery.
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Country Hospital, Department of Pathology, Gävle, Sweden.
D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000473:pathology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*