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What is your diagnosis for this 4-year-old boy?

The lesion was a non-tender mass on the neck. History was not significant except for several episodes of infections.

 

 

 

 

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Diagnosis: Thyroglossal Duct Cyst

Omid Zargari, MD, FAAD:

Thyroglossal duct cysts present as midline cystic nodules on the anterior neck in children or young adults. These cysts arise from remnants of the thyroglossal duct and characteristically move with swallowing.

Treatment is surgical, but a thyroid scan is a need before the surgery, because sometimes these cysts are the only functioning thyroid tissue in the body.

 


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