Papillary carcinoma thyroglossal cyst: A rare presentation in an 11-year-old girl child

• Main Authors: Kalyan Pandey (Author), Prafulla Kumar Das (Author), Bharat Bhusan Satpathy (Author), Padmalaya Devi (Author), Swodeep Mohanty (Author), Kunal Goutam (Author), Subrat Samantara (Author), Nilesh B Patil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Thyroglossal cyst is the most common congenital neck anomaly in children with equal sex incidence, but papillary carcinoma of the thyroglossal cyst in children is rare with only 10 cases reported so far. Even in adults, the incidence of malignancy in the thyroglossal cyst is only 1%. Most cases are...