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ea0049ep1450 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017

Concomitant occurrence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in a branchial cleft cyst (BCC) and an occult multifocal PTC in the thyroid gland

Szczepanek-Parulska Ewelina , Borowczyk Martyna , Kluk Alina , Dworacki Grzegorz , Orłowski Marcin , Ziemnicka Katarzyna , Ruchała Marek

Introduction: BCC is a congenital epithelial neck cyst, which occurs due to failure of the second branchial cleft to obliterate during embryogenesis. Development of PTC inside the cyst is extremely rare.Case description: A 29-year-old female presented to the endocrinology clinic with a gradually increasing painless mass in the right lateral region of the neck, identified on ultrasound examination as an anechoic cyst of size 2×2×5 cm with a smoo...