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A rare case of incidentally diagnosed primary papillary carcinoma of thyroglossal duct cyst

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Thyroglossal duct cysts are the most common congenital abnormality of thyroid development. Seventy percent of thyroglossal duct cysts are diagnosed during childhood and 7% are diagnosed in adulthood. Less than 1% of these cases are malignant with most being papillary in nature. It is often diagnosed incidentally after surgical excision. Incidentally discovered, well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma of the thyroglossal duct, in the presence of a clinically and radiologically normal thyroid gland, can be managed adequately by the Sistrunk operation. We present a rare case of primary papillary carcinoma of thyroglossal duct cyst, with normal thyroid gland, in a 28-year-old female that was diagnosed incidentally on histopathological examination. A Sistrunk procedure was performed on the patient to remove the thyroglossal duct cyst and patient is doing well at regular follow up.

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  1. M.G.M Medical college & M.Y.H Groups of hospitals, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, 452 001

    Himanshu Aggarwal, Sushant Wadhera, R. S. Raikwar, Sumit Shukla & R. K. Mathur

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Aggarwal, H., Wadhera, S., Raikwar, R.S. et al. A rare case of incidentally diagnosed primary papillary carcinoma of thyroglossal duct cyst. Indian J Surg 69, 145–146 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-007-0006-4

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