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Branchial Cleft Cyst Harbors Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Branchial cleft cysts are congenital anomalies which develop in utero, most commonly arising from the second branchial cleft. They are often asymptomatic lateral neck masses but can enlarge and become symptomatic in the setting of infection. The cystic cavity can form a potential space which can har...

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Autores principales: Marotta, Dario A, Morley, Timothy J, Jabaay, Maxwell J, Grcevich, Leah O, Gegg, Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8051537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33880280
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13940
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author Marotta, Dario A
Morley, Timothy J
Jabaay, Maxwell J
Grcevich, Leah O
Gegg, Ryan
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description Branchial cleft cysts are congenital anomalies which develop in utero, most commonly arising from the second branchial cleft. They are often asymptomatic lateral neck masses but can enlarge and become symptomatic in the setting of infection. The cystic cavity can form a potential space which can harbor infection and, in rare cases, malignant spread of primary tumors. Herein, we present a rare case of a 28-year-old male with an enlarging branchial cleft cyst of six months duration following an upper respiratory infection. Routine post-surgical histopathological examination of the excised mass revealed metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma. To our knowledge, this case is one of five cases reported within the primary literature. This case draws attention to the occult nature of papillary thyroid carcinoma and the importance of routine histopathological examination of seemingly benign surgically excised lesions.
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spelling pubmed-80515372021-04-19 Branchial Cleft Cyst Harbors Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Marotta, Dario A Morley, Timothy J Jabaay, Maxwell J Grcevich, Leah O Gegg, Ryan Cureus Otolaryngology Branchial cleft cysts are congenital anomalies which develop in utero, most commonly arising from the second branchial cleft. They are often asymptomatic lateral neck masses but can enlarge and become symptomatic in the setting of infection. The cystic cavity can form a potential space which can harbor infection and, in rare cases, malignant spread of primary tumors. Herein, we present a rare case of a 28-year-old male with an enlarging branchial cleft cyst of six months duration following an upper respiratory infection. Routine post-surgical histopathological examination of the excised mass revealed metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma. To our knowledge, this case is one of five cases reported within the primary literature. This case draws attention to the occult nature of papillary thyroid carcinoma and the importance of routine histopathological examination of seemingly benign surgically excised lesions. Cureus 2021-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8051537/ /pubmed/33880280 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13940 Text en Copyright © 2021, Marotta et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Otolaryngology
Marotta, Dario A
Morley, Timothy J
Jabaay, Maxwell J
Grcevich, Leah O
Gegg, Ryan
Branchial Cleft Cyst Harbors Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
title Branchial Cleft Cyst Harbors Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
title_full Branchial Cleft Cyst Harbors Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
title_fullStr Branchial Cleft Cyst Harbors Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Branchial Cleft Cyst Harbors Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
title_short Branchial Cleft Cyst Harbors Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
title_sort branchial cleft cyst harbors metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8051537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33880280
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13940
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