%0 Journal Article
%T Quiste cervical como manifestaci¨®n inicial de un microcarcinoma papilar de tiroides
%A Fallas Gonz¨¢lez
%A Jorge
%A Guzm¨¢n Cervantes
%A Rodolfo
%A Valverde Monge
%A Carlos
%A Vald¨¦s Guti¨¦rrez
%A Maritza
%J Medicina Legal de Costa Rica
%D 2012
%I Asociaci¨®n Costarricense de Medicina Forense
%X cystic cervical masses are usually benign in the young adult population. however malignant tumors of the head and neck may present ocasionally as cystic metastasis. herein we report a case of a 33 year old female patient, asymptomatic, with a huge cystic cervical mass of 1 year data. the initial diagnosis was a branchial clef cyst, but after imaging studies and histopathologic examination papillary thyroid carcinoma was suspected. this diagnosis was confirmed in an intraoperatory consultation, so a total thyroidectomy, central lymph node dissection and modified radical neck dissection was performed. the final diagnosis on the surgical specimen was a papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid with cystic lymph node metastasis and the patient received radioactive iodine afterwards
%K papillary thyroid carcinoma
%K cystic neck masses
%K branquial cyst
%K lymph node metastasis.
%U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1409-00152012000100011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en