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Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 1991; 4(2): 139-140
A Rare Thyroid Carcinoma in Ectopic Thyroid Tissue Sezer Gürer, Ömer Aran, Abdullah S. Al-Dahr, Yýlmaz Sanaç From Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye. Thyroglossal duct remnants are the most common congenital cystic lesions of the neck. However, a carcinoma arising in these structures is rare and mostly diagnosed on pathological examination after surgery. This is a case report of a patient with a mid-line cervical mass to whom Sistrunk procedure had been performed and was found to be a papillary thyroid carcinoma without a normally located thyroid gland. Keywords: Ectopic thyroid tissue, papillary thyroid carcinoma, congenital cystic lesions Sezer Gürer, Ömer Aran, Abdullah S. Al-Dahr, Yýlmaz Sanaç. A Rare Thyroid Carcinoma in Ectopic Thyroid Tissue. Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 1991; 4(2): 139-140 Corresponding Author: Sezer Gürer, Türkiye	TOOLS Full Text PDF Print Download citation RIS EndNote BibTex Medlars Procite Reference Manager Share with email Share Send email to author Similar articles PubMed Google Scholar