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Sonographic diagnosis of coexisting ectopic thyroid and fourth branchial cleft cyst
Author(s) -
Oh Jeong Hee,
Chang Yun Woo,
Lee Eun Ji
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22630
Subject(s) - medicine , ectopic thyroid , congenital hypothyroidism , thyroid , asymptomatic , ultrasonography , cyst , branchial arch , anatomy , surgery , embryo , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Ectopic thyroid and fourth branchial cleft anomaly are rare congenital anomalies of the neck. This is a case report of the coexistence of these two rare congenital anomalies in a 1‐year‐old girl. She had ectopic lingual thyroid and asymptomatic abscess in the fourth branchial cleft cyst, which was found in ultrasonography carried out to evaluate congenital hypothyroidism. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of ectopic thyroid coexisting with fourth branchial cleft anomaly in the same patient.