Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013; 24(2):311-313

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2013.24.2.311

증례

Thyroid Hemiagenesis Associated with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Central Compartment Lymph Node Metastasis

Sung-Dong Kim¹, Byung-Joo Lee¹, Jin-Choon Lee¹^,^*, In-Ju Kim²

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

²Internal Medicine, Pusan National UniversitySchool of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

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© Copyright 2013 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Sep 30, 2013; Revised: Oct 28, 2013; Accepted: Nov 18, 2013

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Thyroid hemiagenesis is a rare form of thyroid congenital abnormally, in which one thyroid lobe fails to develop. Presence of carcinoma in a patient with thyroid hemiagenesis is an extremely rare. Case reports and a review of the world literature concerning thyroid hemiagenesis with papillary thyroid cancer are presented. A 47-year-old female patient without previous thyroid surgery history presented with an incidentally discovered right thyroid nodule. The left thyroid was not seen by ultrasonography and computed tomography. Fine-needle aspiration of right thyroid nodule showed that positive finding for papillary thyroid carcinoma. A total thyroidectomy with central compartment neck dissection was performed. The pathologic finding was confirmed to be well-differentiated papillary thyroid microcarcinoma and metastatic right paratracheal lymph nodes. To our knowledge, this case represents the first reported thyroid hemiagenesis associated with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma and central compartment lymph node metastasis. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2013;24:311-313)

Keywords: Thyroid hemiagenesis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Lymph node metastasis