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. 2014 Oct 27;10(5):1061-5.
doi: 10.5114/aoms.2014.46226. Epub 2014 Oct 23.

Papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal duct cyst with uninvolved thyroid. Case report and review of the literature

Wioletta Pietruszewska  1 , Małgorzata Wągrowska-Danilewicz  2 , Magdalena Józefowicz-Korczyńska  1
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Papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal duct cyst with uninvolved thyroid. Case report and review of the literature

Wioletta Pietruszewska et al. Arch Med Sci. .
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Figure 1
Patient before surgical procedure with the enlarging anterior midline neck mass
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Figure 2
The CT scan showing polycyclic neck mass closely adjacent to laryngeal cartilages without infiltration
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Figure 3
Tumor resected during Sistrunk's surgical procedure. A mass of 4 cm × 3 cm × 3 cm was removed including the entire duct from the thyroid gland to the level of the foramen cecum and the middle portion of the hyoid bone
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Figure 4
Papillary carcinoma within a thyroglossal duct cyst. Focal infiltration of the thyroglossal duct remnant is noted showing the fibrovascular core with the line of epithelial cells (hematoxylin and eosin staining, magnification 200×)
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Figure 5
Diffuse cytoplasmic immunostaining for thyroglobulin in papillary carcinoma cells within thyroglossal duct cyst (immunohistochemistry technique, magnification 400×)
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Figure 6
Immunostaining for cytokeratin 19 shows positive cytoplasmic reaction in most cells of papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal duct cyst (immunohistochemistry technique, magnification 400×)
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