Thyroglossal Duct Papillary Carcinoma in a 15-year old Female and Review of Pediatric Cases of thyroglossal duct carcinoma.

Authors

Michael S Pfeiffer, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
Grace H Kim
Miguel Krishnan

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Abstract

Thyroglossal duct carcinoma is rare, occurring in approximately 1% of thyroglossal duct cysts. Excluding this case report there have been 25 cases of adolescent thyroglossal duct carcinoma reported in the English literature thus far. Most of the pathology reported has been papillary or follicular carcinoma, leading to the question of whether or not to perform concurrent thyroidectomy. Based on our review of the pediatric cases of thyroglossal duct carcinoma we elected not to perform a concurrent thyroidectomy and recommend close follow-up to monitor for signs of future thyroid involvement.

Publication Title

International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

Volume

78

Issue

1

First Page

135

Last Page

138

PubMed ID

24238995

Comments

This article has was published in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Volume 78, Number 1, January 2014, Page: 135-138.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.10.013

Copyright © 2014 Elsevier

Recommended Citation

Pfeiffer, Michael S; Kim, Grace H; and Krishnan, Miguel, "Thyroglossal Duct Papillary Carcinoma in a 15-year old Female and Review of Pediatric Cases of thyroglossal duct carcinoma." (2014). PCOM Scholarly Works. 247.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/247