Follicular adenoma in a juxtathyroidal thyroglossal duct cyst with papillary carcinoma in the adjacent thyroid gland.
This patient presented with a neck mass diagnosed as a papillary thyroid carcinoma by fine-needle aspiration. Preoperative computed tomography revealed a papillary carcinoma within a juxtathyroidal thyroglossal duct cyst. After surgery, the initial diagnosis was papillary thyroid carcinoma. After correlation with the computed tomography, the diagnosis was revised to a papillary thyroid carcinoma plus a follicular adenoma in a juxtathyroidal thyroglossal duct cyst. This case demonstrates the need for close clinical and radiographic correlation in such a complex case.
Kim
William J
WJ
Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Souillard
Raphaelle
R
Brandwein
Margaret S
MS
Lawson
William
W
Som
Peter M
PM
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed