Open AccessPapillary carcinoma thyroglossal cyst: A rare presentation in an 11-year-old girl child
Author(s) -
Kalyan Pandey,
Prafulla Kumar Das,
Bharat Bhusan Satpathy,
Padmalaya Devi,
Swodeep Mohanty,
Kunal Goutam,
Subrat Samantara,
Nilesh B. Patil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_235_20
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroglossal cyst , cyst , incidence (geometry) , presentation (obstetrics) , malignancy , thyroglossal duct , girl , carcinoma , thyroid carcinoma , general surgery , radiology , surgery , thyroid , pathology , psychology , developmental psychology , physics , optics
Thyroglossal cyst is the most common congenital neck anomaly in children with equal sex incidence, but papillary carcinoma of the thyroglossal cyst in children is rare with only 10 cases reported so far. Even in adults, the incidence of malignancy in the thyroglossal cyst is only 1%. Most cases are diagnosed following surgery on histopathological examination; there is no consensus on the management owing to this rarity and indolent but unpredictable behavior of thyroid cancers. Here, we present one such rare case.