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ArticleBMJ case reports2015

Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma: diagnostic and management considerations in a 15-year-old with a large submental mass.

Isaac Seow-En, Amos Hong Pheng Loh, Derrick Wen Quan Lian, Shireen Anne Nah

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isaac Seow-EnDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Amos Hong Pheng LohDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Derrick Wen Quan LianDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Shireen Anne NahDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
KK Women's and Children's Hospital · SG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 15-year old boy presented with a 2-year history of a painless slowly enlarging submental neck mass. Head and neck imaging showed a multicystic mass with a central solid component that was closely applied to the hyoid bone. Core needle biopsy under general anaesthesia revealed a papillary thyroid neoplasm. The mass was resected and frozen section histology confirmed papillary carcinoma. Intraoperatively, enlarged cervical lymph nodes were palpable. Bilateral neck dissections and total thyroidectomy with parathyroid reimplantation were performed. On histological examination, the thyroid gland was not involved. The patient recovered uneventfully from the surgery and is planned for radioactive iodine therapy and thyroxine suppression, with subsequent follow-up with serum thyroid-stimulating hormone and thyroglobulin for surveillance. We review the literature and discuss challenges in the diagnosis and surgical management of this rare entity in the paediatric age group.

Indexed as

ThyroidectomyAdolescentCarcinoma, PapillaryHumansIodineLymph NodesMaleNeck DissectionParathyroid GlandsThyroglobulinThyroglossal CystThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsThyrotropinThyroxineIodineThyroglobulinThyrotropinThyroxine

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PMID26150648
PMCPMC4493207
OpenAlexW2310968842

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