ArticleJCEM case reports2025
A Misleading Neck Mass: Branchial Cleft Cyst Mimicking Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.
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A 33-year-old female individual had a history of a lymph node excision positive for metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in 2016. She was treated with a total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection showing 0.2-cm micro-PTC without paratracheal lymph node involvement, followed by adjuvant radioactive iodine treatment with 104 mCi of iodine-131. After 9 years without evidence of disease, she presented with a mildly tender, firm, left neck level II mass rapidly enlarging over 3 weeks. Neck ultrasound revealed a 3.5 cm irregular hypoechoic mass with internal vascularity and punctate echogenic foci. A fine needle biopsy showed inflammatory and mature squamous cells with elevated thyroglobulin but no definitive evidence of malignancy. The patient was scheduled for urgent neck dissection; however, just a left lymph node excision was performed as intraoperative frozen pathology showed no cancer. Surgical histopathology showed branchial cleft cyst tissue. The most concerning diagnosis for a rapidly enlarging neck mass in an adult with a history of metastatic PTC is anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. However, other diagnoses such as branchial cleft anomalies, lymphoma, or non-thyroid metastatic malignancies should be considered. Intraoperative frozen section pathology is crucial to direct surgical management of an unknown neck mass concerning for anaplastic thyroid cancer.
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