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Ossified thyroglossal cyst – is it of embryological significance?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. P. Davis ,
A. G. Toma ,
P. J. Robinson  and
I. Friedmann
J. P. Davis*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Barnet General Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 3DJ.
A. G. Toma
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Barnet General Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 3DJ.
P. J. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Barnet General Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 3DJ.
I. Friedmann
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ.
*
Mr J. P. Davis, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG.
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Abstract

We report a case of a partly ossified thyroglossal cyst in close proximity to the hyoid bone and discuss the possible embryological significance of this. Thyroglossal cysts occurring within the hyoid bone or deep to the hyoid periosteum support previous suggestions that the thyroglossal tract can sometimes be trapped within the developing hyoid bone.

Keywords

Thyroglossal cystOssificationheterotopicHyoid bone
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 2 , February 1994 , pp. 168 - 170
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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