title: A long-standing cystic lymph-node metastasis from occult thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Here we report the case of a patient with a soft tissue mass of the neck. For more than 10 years it was thought to be a branchial cyst and was later diagnosed to be a cystic lymph node metastasis from an occult thyroid carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Regina Elena Cancer Institute, I.F.O., Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Appetecchia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meçule
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sciarretta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary*; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors