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A mixed thyroglossal cyst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

P.S. Phillips ,
A. Ramsay  and
S.E.J. Leighton
P.S. Phillips
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
A. Ramsay
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
S.E.J. Leighton
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
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Abstract

The case is described of a boy who presented at age six months with symptoms and signs of a thyroglossal cyst, which seemed to be confirmed by ultrasound findings. The cyst slowly increased in size, and eventually the patient underwent Sistrunk’s procedure at age four years. Histology showed that the cyst was in fact a mixed thyroglossal and dermoid cyst. This casts doubt on the doctrine that thyroglossal cysts and dermoid cysts are anatomically and histologically separate entities, and strengthens the view that these cysts should be more appropriately named ’thyroglossal abnormalities’.

Keywords

Thyroglossal CystDermoid CystChild
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 118 , Issue 12 , December 2004 , pp. 996 - 998
Copyright
© 2004 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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