Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 487-491, September 2008

Metachronous Thyroglossal Duct Cyst and Inferior Parathyroid Cyst: A Case Report

  • Chueh-Yi Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yih-Leong Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jong-Kai Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Ping Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Cheng-Ping Wang, Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 21 November 2007; accepted 30 January 2008.

Article Outline

Thyroglossal duct cysts (TDC) are the most common cervical cysts and are usually considered to be a benign embryonic malformation where the thyroglossal duct fails to obliterate. Parathyroid cysts (PTC) are a rare disease and may also result from malformation of the remnants of the third pharyngeal pouch. Although several sporadic cases of concurrent TDC with other head and neck malformations have been reported in the literature, a combination of TDC and PTC has never been reported. Here, we report the first case of a 35-year-old woman with a metachronous TDC and PTC. The embryologic origins of TDCs and inferior PTCs are revealed from the experience of this case.

Key Words:  branchial malformation , parathyroid cyst , pharyngeal pouch , thyroglossal duct cyst

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PII: S1607-551X(09)70006-3

doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70006-3

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 487-491, September 2008

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