[Thyroglossal cyst associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx].
Cyst of the thyroglossal duct results from a developmental anomaly of the thyroid gland. There are many congenital neck masses only outnumbered by benign lymphadenopathies. The majority appear in children between 2 und 10 year-old, but nearly a third of cases does not manifest clinically until much later (20 year or so). In association to a carcinoma is an uncommon event, but there are published malignant cases. The AA. report the case of a 74-year-old patient with a neck cystic mass evolving during a 40-year-term associated to a laryngeal squamous carcinoma. The imagery shows the radiological and anatomopathological correlation of changes in the tissues interpreted as a cyst of thyroglossal duct and a squamous carcinoma of the larynx, independent of each other.
Arias Cuchí
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Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Prínceps D'Espanya, Ciutat Sanitària i Universitaria de BellVitge.
Nogués Orpí
J
J
Maños Pujol
M
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Dicenta
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M
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008297:Male; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery