Thyroglossal duct cyst: an unusual presentation.
Most thyroglossal duct cysts are located at or very close to the midline. They generally manifest as painless neck swellings, and they move on protrusion of the tongue and during deglutition. We describe a case of thyroglossal duct cyst that was unusual in that the cyst was located far from the midline, it did not move on protrusion of the tongue, and it was associated with symptoms of dysphagia and extensive neck swelling that mimicked a colloid goiter
Prasad
Kishore Chandra
KC
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka State, India. kishorecprasad@yahoo.com
Dannana
Naveen Kumar
NK
Prasad
Sampath Chandra
SC
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome