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. 2022 Aug:131:105935.
doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.105935. Epub 2022 Jun 4.

Transglottic intralaryngeal papillary thyroid carcinoma

Bipin T Varghese  1 , Sindhu P Nair  2 , Deepak Janardhan  3
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Transglottic intralaryngeal papillary thyroid carcinoma

Bipin T Varghese et al. Oral Oncol. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Background: Malignant change of intralaryngeal ectopic thyroid tissues to papillary thyroid cancer is extremely rare.

Method: A case that was successfully managed with a conservation surgery of the larynx and an interval total thyroidectomy is presented.

Conclusion: High index of suspicion and optimised surgery yields the best outcome as demonstrated in the description.

Keywords: Ectopic thyroid tissue; Intralaryngeal; Midline thyrotomy; Papillary thyroid cancer.

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