title: Intrathyroidal thyroglossal duct cyst presenting as a thyroid nodule.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman presented with a lateral neck swelling, clinically indistinguishable from solitary thyroid nodule. A right hemithyroidectomy was performed and microscopy revealed an intrathyroidal thyroglossal cyst. Intrathyroidal thyroglossal cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a thyroid nodule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Seenu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods