Cistos e fístulas tireoglossos recidivados / Recurrent thyroglossal cysts and fistulas

We report on our experience with 26 cases of thyroglossal ducts cyst in children and adolescents. Fifteen were males and eleven were females, with age ranging from one to a 16 years old. Twenty-twoo patients had cysts and four had fistula, four of these patients had a recurrence and two submitted to simple cystectomy and fistula removal. We recommend excision when the mass is discovered, because thyroglossal cysts retain a connection to the foramen cecum, infection by oral bacteria can occur. Recurrence following excision of an infected or previously drained thuroglossal duct cyst is 1 1/2 times that of and intact cyst.