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CC BY 4.0 · Brazilian Journal of Oncology 2025; 21: s00451810445
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1810445
Case Report
Surgical Oncology

Papillary Carcinoma in a Thyroglossal Cyst: A Case Report

Amabile Andreetta 
1   Medicine Program, Centro Universitário da Fundação Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
,
Gabriel Massahiro Nagai 
2   Department of Surgery, Course of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Hildebrando Massahiro Nagai 
1   Medicine Program, Centro Universitário da Fundação Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
,
Bruno Hideji Nagai 
1   Medicine Program, Centro Universitário da Fundação Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
,
Giovanni Gussi Pavaneli 
1   Medicine Program, Centro Universitário da Fundação Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
,
Lucas Gabriel Leme de Souza 
1   Medicine Program, Centro Universitário da Fundação Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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Abstract

We herein report a case of papillary thyroid carcinoma with an unusual presentation, inside a thyroglossal cyst. An 83-year-old male patient reported a long-standing nodule persisting for over 40 years, with progressive enlargement and periodic dysphonia. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy combined with the Sistrunk procedure. Resection of the thyroglossal duct cyst and total thyroidectomy are the treatments of choice for this rare presentation. The case herein reported is deemed atypical according to the current literature, and it was managed following the existing guidelines, resulting in a satisfactory outcome.

Keywords

thyroid neoplasm - thyroid carcinoma - thyroglossal duct cyst

Authors' Contribution

BHN: collection and assembly of data, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing; GGP: collection and assembly of data, manuscript writing; LGLS: collection and assembly of data, manuscript writing; GMN: collection and assembly of data, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing, conception and design, final approval of the manuscript; AA, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing, conception and design, final approval of the manuscript; HMN: data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing, conception and design, final approval of the manuscript, provision of study materials or patient involvement.




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Eingereicht: 06. Februar 2025

Angenommen: 03. Juni 2025

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
27. August 2025

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Bibliographical Record
Amabile Andreetta, Gabriel Massahiro Nagai, Hildebrando Massahiro Nagai, Bruno Hideji Nagai, Giovanni Gussi Pavaneli, Lucas Gabriel Leme de Souza. Papillary Carcinoma in a Thyroglossal Cyst: A Case Report. Brazilian Journal of Oncology 2025; 21: s00451810445.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1810445
 

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