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Clinical presentation of the patient.
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On physical examination, there were a 5 x 3 x 2 cm firm mass on the right anterior part of the neck which is mobile with swallowing and a 6 x 5 x 5 cm soft tender cystic mass on the midline anterior (Figure 1).
Axial and transverse section of a CT of the neck.
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Papillary carcinoma "tall cell" variant evolving from a thyroglossal duct cyst (H&E).
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At the postsurgery stage, the lesions were diagnosed as a papillary thyroid carcinoma "tall cell" variant arising in the TDC and both of the right and left (Figure 3).
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