Table 2.
Literature summary of thyroglossal duct cyst (remnant) carcinoma
| Author | N | M | F | Age mean (years) | Size mean (cm) | PTC | FTC | Thyroidectomy | TG PTC | LN mets | Local Recur-rence | Distant mets | DOD | FU, mean (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaques [21] | 18 | 9 | 9 | 37.5 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.6 |
| Page [30] | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30.5 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.2 |
| Livolsi [9] | 7 | 4 | 3 | 39.3 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.1 |
| Fernandez [11] | 10 | 1 | 9 | 38.4 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96.7 |
| Pacheco-Ojeda [29] | 5 | 0 | 5 | 34.0 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Heshmati [13] | 12 | 6 | 6 | 40.0 | 1.9 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 |
| O’Connell [32] | 8 | 5 | 3 | 44.6 | 4.3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| Doshi [10] | 14 | 6 | 8 | 39.3 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54.7 |
| Patel [15] | 5 | 2 | 3 | 45.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 4b | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Miccoli [28] | 18 | 4 | 14 | 38.2 | nr | 16 | 2a | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Luna-Ortiz [25] | 5 | 2 | 3 | 49.0 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| Plaza [12] | 5 | 0 | 5 | 28.6 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| Hartl [26] | 18 | 5 | 13 | 41.5 | 1.5 | 18 | 0 | 16c | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| Forest [14] | 9 | 3 | 6 | 43.2 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.4 |
| Dzodic [31] | 12 | 3 | 9 | 40.6 | nr | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 140 |
| Olimpia Cid [6] | 22 | 4 | 18 | 36.9 | nr | 22 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Chrisoulidou [34] | 6 | 2 | 4 | 39.3 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Pellegriti [22] | 26 | 6 | 20 | 41.2 | 1.0 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 74.2 |
| Choi [35] | 10 | 2 | 8 | 54.0 | 1.9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28.5 |
| Rossi [7] | 9 | 4 | 5 | 46.0 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | nr |
| Wei [8] | 18 | 5 | 13 | 34.2 | 1.3 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Chala [33] | 6 | 1 | 5 | 48.8 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | nr |
| Current series | 22 | 5 | 17 | 40.0 | 1.4 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.4 |
| Totals | 271 | 81 | 190 | 40.4 | 2.4 | 262 | 9 | 197 | 86 | 76 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 87.5 |
N number, M male, F female, PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma, FTC follicular thyroid carcinoma, TG thyroid gland, LN mets lymph node metastasis, Distant mets distant metastasis, DOD dead of disease, nr not reported, FU follow-up
a1 follicular carcinoma and 1 “oxyphilic” carcinoma
b3 isthmusectomy, 1 lobectomy
c15 thyroidectomy, 1 isthmusectomy