[Thyroid papillary carcinoma arising in a thyroglossal cyst. Therapeutic treatment].
Cysts of the thyroglossal duct form the congenital, not odontogenetic, more frequent malformations of neck and head pathology. In percentage terms one percent developed a carcinoma, usually of good prognosis. This paper reports the case of a woman, 41, who was operated upon of a thyroglossal duct cyst and in the eradicated piece showed a papillary carcinoma invading neighbouring tissues. Treatment was completed, in a second time, with a complete thyroidectomy and a the papillary carcinoma was discovered. Some interesting aspects regarding diagnosis and treatment of this scarce entity are reviewed.
Carreño Villarreal
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Servicio de ORL, So. de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital General de Elda.
Alemán López
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O
Durán García
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R
García Ortega
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F
Bonnín Otal
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J
Malluguiza Calvo
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R
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography