Thyroid papillary carcinoma arising in a branchial cleft cyst.
We describe the clinico-pathological features and discuss the possible pathogenetic mechanism of thyroid papillary carcinoma arising in a branchial cleft cyst. This has been described only once previously in the literature.
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Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
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D000328:Adult; D001935:Branchioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure