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Unusual inflamed thyroglossal cyst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Nina Zidar*
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nina Gale
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jernej Podboj
Affiliation:
Medical Faculty, and Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
*
Dr Nina Zidar, Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Korytkova 2, 61105 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Fax: +386 61 301 816

Abstract

The authors report a case of an unusual inflammatory reaction in a thyroglossal cyst. It consisted of broad papillary intraluminal projections covered by histiocytes and occasional multinucleate giant cells. This benign process should not be confused with a true papillary neoplasm, a rare complication of a thyroglossal cyst.

Type
Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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