title: Thyroglossal duct carcinoma: a case report.
abstract: We describe a 47-year-old woman with a 13-year history of asymptomatic midline submental swelling. Cytologic examination of a fine-needle aspiration specimen from the solid mass revealed adenocarcinoma. The preoperative diagnosis was thyroglossal duct carcinoma. A Sistrunk procedure was performed and microscopic examination revealed papillary adenocarcinoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and there were no signs of local recurrence or metastasis at one year after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asakage
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshizumi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebihara
mesh_terms: D018265:Carcinoma, Papillary, Follicular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery