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Thyroid papillary carcinoma in lateral neck cyst: missed primary tumour or ectopic thyroid carcinoma within a branchial cyst?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Stan Sidhu ,
Tong Fang Lioe  and
Barry Clements
Stan Sidhu
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital and Department of Pathology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Tong Fang Lioe
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital and Department of Pathology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Barry Clements
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital and Department of Pathology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Abstract

We report a case of thyroid papillary carcinoma lying within a lateral cervical cyst for which no occult primary tumour of the thyroid was identified. We explore the possible diagnoses and include a discussion of how ectopic thyroid tissue may come to lie within a branchial cyst.

Keywords

Thyroid NeoplasmsCarcinomaPapillaryBranchioma
Type
Brief Report
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 114 , Issue 9 , September 2000 , pp. 716 - 718
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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