Thyroglossal Cyst Fistula

Thyroglossal Cyst Fistula

Answer. Thyroglossal fitula or sinus is never congenital.

It is always acquired due to following reasons:

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• Infected thyroglossal cyst rupturing into the skin.
• Inadequate drained infected thyroglossal cyst.
• Incompletely excised thyroglossal cyst.

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Thyroglossal fistula Clinical Features

• It occurs during 10 to 20 years.
• Patientgiveshistoryofpreviousswellinginneck(thyroglossal cyst), which becomes infected, burst forms a fitula.
• The fitula or sinus discharges mucus and after sometime fitula closes by itself.
• After few days, it again starts discharging mucus and closes by itself again.
• The normal position of fitula or sinus remains in midline in front of thyroid cartilage.
• Its internal opening is on foramen cecum of tongue.
• If the fistula becomes infected then the surrounding skin becomes red, warm, tender, and full of secret pus.
• A fitulous opening in center of neck which is covered by hood of skin can occur due to increased growth of neck when compared to that of fitula.
  This is known as semilunar sign or hood sign.

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Thyroglossal fitula Investigations

Radioisotope study and fitulogram.

Thyroglossal fistula Treatment

Infection is controlled with antibiotics