The inclusion of the less aggressive follicular form of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is associated with an increase in the incidence of the condition, with the follicular variant of PTC being the most common of all variants. The majority of individuals with the encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (EFVPTC) are treated as though they have classic thyroid cancer, despite the availability of mounting evidence to contradict the aforementioned. According to numerous research, a certain type of noninvasive-EFVPTC (NI-EFVPTC) demonstrated poor histopathologic diagnostic reproducibility and has received aggressive treatment similar to that of a classical thyroid neoplasm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Thyroglossal duct cysts are the most common congenital neck cysts. They typically present in childhood and early adulthood, and average a size of 2-4 cm, but can also present in later adult life. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 36-year-old female patient with a very large midline neck mass, reaching the mandible superiorly.
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