Thyroglossal duct cyst within the mediastinum: An extremely unusual location

Abstract

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Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Masquerading as a Thyroid Nodule

“…Other items in the differential diagnosis of a painless neck mass would include ectopic thyroid tissue, a dermoid cyst, a branchial cleft cyst, a cystic hygroma, a lymph node, a lipoma, and a sebaceous cyst. 5 Thyroglossal duct cysts, though, classically present as a painless midline mass. Only one percent present lateral to the midline and only one case reported a thyroglossal duct cyst in the mediastinum.…”

A rare case of a concurrent large thyroglossal duct cyst with a base of tongue haemangioma

“…Less commonly reported manifestations in the literature include acute airway obstruction,10 11 carcinoma (usually papillary),12–22 misdiagnosed as laryngomalacia in children23 and following radiation therapy to the neck 24. Atypical presentations also include the floor of the mouth,25 intralaryngeal extension,26 27 as a thyroid nodule in the lateral neck,28 cutaneous extrusion,29 cutaneous blisters,30 as a retro/parapharyngeal abscess31 and in the mediastinum 32…”

Stepladder incision technique for radical excision of suprasternal thyroglossal duct remnant

“…Complete en bloc removal was accomplished using 2 parallel transverse cervical incisions. The second case was initially mistaken for a thymic mass [7]. The lesion was approached through a low midline cervical incision and found to encroach into the superior mediastinum, descending all the way to the aortic arch.…”