Primary echinococcal cyst of the thyroid: Report of a case

A case of primary hydatid disease of the thyroid, a rare location, is presented. The patient was a 50-year-old woman who presented with a neck mass at the thyroid region, which was noticed 2 months before her presentation. Although the clinical impression was of a neoplastic lesion (adenoma or carci...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2008-09, Vol.38 (9), p.833-835
Main Authors: Zulfikaroglu, Baris, Ozalp, Necdet, Keskek, Mehmet, Koc, Mahmut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Case Report
Echinococcosis - diagnosis
Echinococcosis - pathology
Echinococcosis - surgery
Female
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Thyroid Diseases - diagnosis
Thyroid Diseases - pathology
Thyroid Diseases - surgery
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Summary:A case of primary hydatid disease of the thyroid, a rare location, is presented. The patient was a 50-year-old woman who presented with a neck mass at the thyroid region, which was noticed 2 months before her presentation. Although the clinical impression was of a neoplastic lesion (adenoma or carcinoma), a hydatid cyst was considered intraoperatively and confirmed by a frozen section histology. It was completely removed. No other sites of hydatid disease were found and the patient remained well postoperatively. In patients with a solitary cyst in the thyroid, the possibility of hydatid disease, though rare, should be always kept in mind, because a needle aspiration biopsy is a potentially harmful procedure.
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-007-3796-x