INCIDENTAL PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THYROGLOSSAL CYST - A RARE CASE

Thyroglossal duct cysts are most common congenital neck masses, usually presenting in childhood .Uncommonly the cysts present clinically in adult life as an asymptomatic neck swelling. On rare occasions it presents with more sinister symptoms like dysphagia and dyspnoea. CT scan adequately delineated the extent of the thyroglossal duct cyst and could differentiate it from other median-paramedian neck masses. Incidental papillary carcinoma in a case of thyroglossal cyst is a rare occurrence with only 213 cases being reported till now in literature. Here with we are reporting a case incidental papillary carcinoma in thyroglossal cyst.