Question
The structure represented as “B” in the picture below is closely associated to which of the following?
A. Bronchogenic cyst.
B. Cystic hygroma.
C. Thyroglossal cyst.
D. Ranula.
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Ans;C.Thyroglossal cyst
The structure represented as “B” in the picture above represents Hyoid bone.
- The most common location for a thyroglossal cyst is midline or slightly off midline, between the isthmus of the thyroid and the hyoid bone or just above the hyoid bone.
- Hyoid bone is closely associated with the thyroglossal tract from which thyroglossal cyst & fistula originate,
- Thus during surgical excision of the thyroglossal cyst or fistula, the central part of the hyoid bone is excised (otherwise recurrence may occur).