A 4 year old male child suffering from papillary carcinoma of thyroid with right sided metastatic neck node

Authors

  • Mohammad Hanif Assistant registrar, Dept. of ENT-HNS, SSMCMH, Mitford, Dhaka
  • Md Abdullah Al Mamud MS(Thesis) student, Dept. of ENT-HNS, SSMCMH, Mitford, Dhaka
  • Md Mizanur Rahman Assistant registrar, Dept. of ENT-HNS, SSMCMH, Mitford, Dhaka
  • Mohammad Amzad Hossain Registrar Dept. of ENT-HNS, SSMCMH, Mitford, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v19i1.14863

Keywords:

Papillary carcinoma, branchial cyst

Abstract

Thyroid carcinoma accounts for 1-1.5% of all childhood malignancies. These cancers are rare at ages younger than 5 years and more rare in male children. In this case report a 4 years old male child presented with right sided upper cervical neck mass for 11 months and treated as a branchial cyst. After histopathological report and further investigation he was finally diagnosed as papillary carcinoma of thyroid with metastatic right sided neck-node.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v19i1.14863

Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngol 2013; 19(1): 73-77

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2013-05-03

How to Cite

Hanif, M., Al Mamud, M. A., Rahman, M. M., & Hossain, M. A. (2013). A 4 year old male child suffering from papillary carcinoma of thyroid with right sided metastatic neck node. Bangladesh Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 19(1), 73–77. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjo.v19i1.14863

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Case Reports

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