@entity11677 is the most common congenital neck mass and occurs in 7% of the population. They occur due to failure of thyroglossal duct to involute and @entity11677 often occur in pediatric @entity1 . Majority of them are found infrahyoid region. The purpose of the present study is to report our 5  year clinical experience of @entity11677 in terms of clinical features and surgical findings with special emphasis on naked eye extend of patent thyroglossal duct when present. To the best of our knowledge this is first clinical study which has reported the extend of thyroglossal duct on naked eye. This prospective observational study was done in the Postgraduate Department of ENT, Head and Neck surgery of Government medical college, Srinagar for a period of five years from January 2011 to January 2016. Thirty @entity1 of histopathologically confirmed @entity11677 were enrolled in the study. @entity1 were initially diagnosed on the basis of clinical history, examination and USG findings suggestive of cyst. Clinical data and surgical data in terms of size and location of cyst, presence or absence of thyroglossal duct etc. was analyzed and formulated in tables for @entity1 who had histopathologically confirmed cyst. Mean age was 10  years. Majority (73.3%) were less than 15  years of age. Males were 22 in number (73.3%) while females compromised 26.7% of population. Ninety percent of @entity1 presented with neck @entity4 . Erythema/redness over @entity4 was seen in 13.3% of @entity1 . Majority (83.3%) of cysts were subhyoid in location. Thyroglossal ducts were seen to be patent for different lengths and areas. Majority of @entity1 (80%) had tract arising from cyst and disappearing at superior border of hyoid body while three @entity1 (10%) had patent thyroglossal duct from @entity5932 . A complete patent thyroglossal duct was seen in one @entity1 (3.3%) from cyst to base of tongue. Complete Absent tract was seen in two @entity1 (6.7%). Majority (70%) of cysts were having size between 1.6 and 3  cm. Intraoperative 10% of cyst got ruptured. @entity11677 are most commonly seen in pediatric males. Most of them present with visible @entity4 . In few cases cyst can @entity397 after repeated infections leading to sinus formation. Most of them are subhyoid in location. These cysts are usually of size 1.5-3  cm. Complete patent thyroglossal duct from cyst to tongue musculature is rarely seen while most of the times, a patent duct just disappears at the superior border of body of hyoid. None of our cysts had malignant features.

XXXX : A Clinicosurgical Experience.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['swelling', 'midline neck swelling'] @entity5932 :: ('MESH:C565008', 'Disease') :: ['cyst to vallecular mucosa'] @entity11677 :: ('MESH:D013955', 'Disease') :: ['Thyroglossal cysts', 'thyroglossal cysts', 'atrophy thyroglossal duct cysts', 'Thyroglossal cyst'] @entity397 :: ('MESH:D012421', 'Disease') :: ['rupture']
@entity11677 :: (MESH:D013955,Disease) :: ['Thyroglossal Duct Cysts']
