Anatomy-based surgery to remove thyroglossal duct cyst: two anomalous cases.
OBJECTIVE
To review previous reports and to discuss the management of branching polycystic and giant thyroglossal duct cysts.


METHODS
We present two cases of thyroglossal duct cyst: one a branching, polycystic thyroglossal duct cyst in an 11-year-old boy, and the other a giant thyroglossal cyst in a 41-year-old man. Such cysts are rare. Both patients were operated upon according to the methods of Sistrunk and Horisawa, and both had a satisfactory post-operative course.


CONCLUSIONS
We discuss the most important aspects of such cyst removal procedures.


CONCLUSIONS
Our experience suggests that surgery to remove an anomalous thyroglossal duct cyst should be performed using a technique based on the anatomy of the hyoid bone region.
Iwata
T
T
Department of Otolaryngology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Nakata
S
S
Tsuge
H
H
Koide
F
F
Sugiura
M
M
Otake
H
H
Teranishi
M
M
Nakashima
T
T
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome