Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma with a Large Cystic Dilated Lymph Node Metastasis to the Neck Mimicking a Branchial Cleft Cyst: A Potential Pitfall

Table 1

The clinical features and presented cystic neck mass sizes of the cases are shown.

	Case	Age/sex	CNM (cm)	FNAB	T nodule(s) size (mm)	RIA
Seven et al. [3]	1	18/F	4 × 3	Positive	5	+
	2	26/M	5 × 4	NP	8	+
	3	37/F	3 × 3	Negative	No (4 mm PTC focus)	+
	4	34/M	3 × 2	Negative	3	+
Current case	5	37/M	6 × 4	Negative	4, 6, and 12	+

CNM: cystic neck mass, FNAB: fine needle aspiration biopsy, T: thyroid, RIA: radioactive iodine ablation, NP: not performed, and PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma.