RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58102933
T1 Thyroglossal Cyst
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58102933
RD 2024/04/23
AB •  Thyroid  develops  from  an  evagination  of  the  floor  of  the  primitive  pharynx  (during  fourth  week  of  gestation)•  Abnormal  movement  of  the  thyroid  anlage  can  lead  to  a  lingual  thyroid  or  appear  as  a  mass  anywhere  in  the  neck  midline•  Persistence  of  the  thyroglossal  duct  leaves  an  epithelial  lined  tract  that  forms  a  cyst  that  communicates  with  the  foramen  cecum  at  the  base  of  the  tongue•  Tract  of  a  persistent  thyroglossal  duct  extends  through  the  hyoid  bone