Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes, not always malignant
Abstract Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes is an interesting and rare phenomenon that cannot be directly explained by embryology. Distinguishing malignant from benign thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes can be challenging but is essential for treatment and might have legal implications. Pati...
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| author | Anton Frans Gijsen Kirstin Marie Jeanne De Bruijn Walter Mastboom |
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| description | Abstract Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes is an interesting and rare phenomenon that cannot be directly explained by embryology. Distinguishing malignant from benign thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes can be challenging but is essential for treatment and might have legal implications. Patients with incidentally found thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes during thyroid surgery were retrospectively identified. Clinical data and findings on pathology were retrospectively collected. Two patients with thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes were identified. Conventional pathology complemented with immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics showed the thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes to be benign. We show that benign thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes can be found in the absence or presence of a primary thyroid malignancy. A conservative approach is recommended if pathology shows benign thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cfeab82e572b4720bac0e0c8fecc120e2022-12-22T03:21:58ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042022-09-01109n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.6261Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes, not always malignantAnton Frans Gijsen0Kirstin Marie Jeanne De Bruijn1Walter Mastboom2Department of Surgery Medisch Spectrum Twente Enschede The NetherlandsDepartment of Surgery Medisch Spectrum Twente Enschede The NetherlandsDepartment of Surgery Medisch Spectrum Twente Enschede The NetherlandsAbstract Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes is an interesting and rare phenomenon that cannot be directly explained by embryology. Distinguishing malignant from benign thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes can be challenging but is essential for treatment and might have legal implications. Patients with incidentally found thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes during thyroid surgery were retrospectively identified. Clinical data and findings on pathology were retrospectively collected. Two patients with thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes were identified. Conventional pathology complemented with immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics showed the thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes to be benign. We show that benign thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes can be found in the absence or presence of a primary thyroid malignancy. A conservative approach is recommended if pathology shows benign thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6261thyroid surgerythyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes |
| spellingShingle | Anton Frans Gijsen Kirstin Marie Jeanne De Bruijn Walter Mastboom Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes, not always malignant Clinical Case Reports thyroid surgery thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes |
| title | Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes, not always malignant |
| title_full | Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes, not always malignant |
| title_fullStr | Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes, not always malignant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes, not always malignant |
| title_short | Thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes, not always malignant |
| title_sort | thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes not always malignant |
| topic | thyroid surgery thyroid tissue in cervical lymph nodes |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6261 |
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