Three Cases of Thyroglossal Duct Cysts |
Kwan Taik Noh, MD, Dae Sung Kim, MD, and Il Kyun Cho, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea |
甲狀腺舌管囊腫 |
盧寬澤 · 金大成 · 趙日均 |
서울大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室 |
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ABSTRACT |
Persistence of embryonal thyroglossal duct attributes to the development of thyroglossal duct cyst and fistula. We experienced 3 cases of thyroglossal duct cysts and fistula, recently and report them. The patients were 39 year-old and 15 year-old male, and 42 year-old female, and shhowed palpable mass in the midline position of the neck around the hyoid bone. They were all treated with Sistrunk's procedure. Histopathological study made final diagnoses.
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