Journal article
AN INTRA‐THYROIDAL BRANCHIAL CYST: A CASE REPORT
SW Lim‐Tio, R Judson, I Busmanis, JD Zajac
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery | BLACKWELL SCIENCE | Published : 1992
Abstract
Branchial cleft cysts were previously thought not to occur in the thyroid but have recently been described in two patients with Hashimoto's disease. This case report describes a patient with a branchial cleft cyst in an otherwise normal thyroid gland and could provide further evidence that thyroidal follicular cells are derived from the branchial clefts as well as from the primitive gut. Copyright © 1992, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved