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Differential diagnosis of a lateral cervical cyst and solitary cystic lymph node metastasis of occult thyroid papillary carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Takayuki Nakagawa
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Tadayoshi Takashima
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Kenta Tomiyama
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan.

Abstract

We present a case of solitary cystic lymph node metastasis from an occult thyroid papillary carcinoma mimicking a lateral cervical cyst, and a case of thyroid papillary carcinoma with a true lateral cervical cyst. Based on a comparison of the radiographical findings of the two cases, differential diagnosis between cystic lymph node metastasis of papillary carcinoma and branchial cyst is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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