title: Thyroglossal duct cyst in hyoid bone: Unusual location.
abstract: A 10-year-old female presenting with a discharging sinus in the midline of the neck of one month duration was diagnosed to have a thyroglossal sinus. She underwent sistrunk's operation, intra-operatively a thyroglossal duct cyst was atypically sited in the intrahyoid region. The cyst may be located in the intralingual, suprahyoid, thyrohyoid or suprasternal region. A literature search revealed that this intrahyoid location of a thyroglossal duct cyst is extremely rare and so far only three cases have been reported. A case and review of literature regarding this unusual entity are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T & Head-neck Surgery, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly-grant, Dehradun, Dehradun (UK) 248 140 India.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bist
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bisht
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Rajat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhatia
keywords: Hyoid Bone; Thyroglossal Cyst; Thyroglossal Duct Cyst