Papillary
Carcinoma Which Arises
in the Thyroglossal Duct Cyst:
A Rare Case Report
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Correspondence
Dr.M.B.Hanumanthappa
Dept of Surgery
AJ Institute of Medical sciences, Kuntikana
Mangalore, South Canara 575004, India
Email: mb_h@rediffmail.com
Carcinoma which arises in the thyroglossal duct cyst is a very rare; about 215 cases have been reported worldwide (6). We wish to report one such case of papillary carcinoma of the thyroglossal duct cyst in a 20 year old female. In a majority of the cases, the diagnosis can be established only after the excision and the histopathological evaluation of the clinically benign thyroglossal duct cyst, as it happened in our case.