Background: Cervical cystic lymph node metastases as first and sole manifestation of occult papillary thyroid carcinoma are observed exceptionally rarely. In the seven patients here reported, a cystic, ovoid mass in the lateral aspect of the neck was the initial symptom of the papillary microcarcinoma.
Methods: There were six men and one woman, aged between 17 and 54 years (mean 31.
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord)
February 1973