Carcinoma arising in a thyroglossal duct remnant is relatively rare. We experienced a case of a papillary adenocarcinoma in a remnant of the thyroglossal duct. In Japan, only 45 such cases have been reported to date.
A 17-year-old male visited our hospital complaining of a mass in the anterior region of the neck. A well circumscribed and soft elastic mass was palpated in the midline of the neck at the level of the hyoid bone. Ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass of 4×3cm, in contact with the hyoid bone. The mass was cystic in structure and contained a calcific protrusion. This protuberance was intermediately enhanced in the CT image. Aspiration biopsy of the tumor, however, did not reveal atypical cells and the tumor was diagnosed as class I.
The mass was resected by Sistrunk's procedure. The tumor had adhered to the hyoid bone and the connective tissue around it, but no metastatic neighboring lymph nodes were found.
The histopathologic diagnosis of the tumor was papillary adenocarcinoma arising in a thyroglossal duct remnant. Neither invasion of the hyoid bone nor invasion of the surrounding connective tissue was evident, and the surgical margin of the resected specimen was negative.
The patient has been free from the disease for 18 months after surgery. In diagnosing this condition, preoperative assessment using CT, MRI, US and an aspiration biopsy smear was necessary. In most cases, however, malignancies are not suspected before surgery.
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