A case of bilateral intrathyroidal branchial cleft cyst in a newborn
Eun-Jae Chung, Seung-Kuk Baek, Sung-Won Youn, Chul-Hwan Kim, Jang-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Yoon Jung
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2010 Jan 1
J Pediatr Surg
A case of bilateral intrathyroidal branchial cleft cyst in a newborn
J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jan;45(1), Eun-Jae Chung, Seung-Kuk Baek, Sung-Won Youn, Chul-Hwan Kim, Jang-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Yoon Jung
We describe an extremely rare case of bilateral intrathyroidal branchial cleft cysts. A 2-day-old male neonate presented with intermittent tachypnea, dyspnea, and a palpable neck mass. Cervical ultrasonography and computerized tomography scan demonstrated a right-sided 3 × 3-cm cystic mass and a left sided 4.5 × 4-cm cystic mass, thought to be originating in the thyroid gland. The right-sided cyst decreased in size after OK-432 sclerotherapy. The left-sided cyst showed little response to 2 attempts...