Rare case of lingual thyroglossal cyst presenting in infant with respiratory distress

• Main Authors: Saurabh Maheshwari (Author), Pankaj Agarwal (Author), Alok Tripathi (Author), Karan Raheja (Author), Rachit Goel (Author), Sachin Dubey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) is the most common congenital anomaly of the neck. The thyroglossal duct is an embryological structure which connects the base of the tongue to the thyroid gland, which when fails to obliterate results in this anomaly. The incidence of this anomaly is approximately 7%, r...