Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Revealed by Contralateral Cystic Metastasis Mimicking a Branchial Cleft Cyst
PTMC may behave aggressively and present with misleading cystic nodal metastases. Clinicians should include metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma in the differential diagnosis of isolated cystic neck masses, even in the absence of an identifiable thyroid lesion on initial imaging.
Authors
- K. Akkari
- Aula Ammar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-062X)
- Karima Tlili
- Chiraz Halwani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6831-962X)
- Sonia Esseghaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3034-3501)
- Salma Elbessi
Institutions
- Military Hospital of Tunis (TN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ear Nose & Throat Journal
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/01455613251343725
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Anomalies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00