Ectopic Thyroid Mimicking A Thyroglossal Duct Cyst: A Case Report |

O Berrada, W Lendoye

Case Report

Ectopic Thyroid Mimicking A Thyroglossal Duct Cyst: A Case Report |

O Berrada, W Lendoye*, Y Bouzoubaa, Y Oukessou, R Abada and M Mahtar

ENT Head and Neck Surgery department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco

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Received Date: December 20, 2021; Published Date: January 19, 2022

Abstract

Thyroid ectopy is a rare condition, caused by dysfunction during migration of the thyroid gland during its embryogenesis. It is generally associated with subclinical hypothyroidism. Patients with this pathology are mostly asymptomatic. It is seen in childhood by an anterior cervical mass which confuses it with a cyst of the thyroglossal tract. The diagnosis is made by ultrasound imaging, scintigraphy and histological examination. Management is essentially hormonal. Surgery is considered in case of complication.

Keywords: Ectopic thyroid; Thyroglossal Duct Cyst; Fine needle aspiration cytopunction

Abbreviations: The thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC); Fine needle aspiration cytopunction (FNAC)

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O Berrada, W Lendoye, Y Bouzoubaa, Y Oukessou, R Abada, M Mahtar. Ectopic Thyroid Mimicking A Thyroglossal Duct Cyst: A Case Report. On J Otolaryngol & Rhinol. 5(2): 2022. OJOR.MS.ID.000610. DOI: 10.33552/OJOR.2022.05.000610.

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