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In this paper, we systematically reviewed the literature of 47 patients\u201425 males (53.1%) and 21 females (44.7%)\u2014about their TGDC to assess the clinical picture, therapy, and prognosis of the disease. Most of the patients were children under the age of ten (63.8%). All patients had a history of a painless swelling in the anterior midline of the neck that moved in response to deglutition and tongue protrusion, thus interfering with their daily activity. Post-resection recurrence was unusual, with only 3 of 47 patients (6.4%) experiencing recurrence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diseases10010007","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,25]],"date-time":"2022-01-25T20:38:58Z","timestamp":1643143138000},"page":"7","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Thyroglossal Duct Cyst, a Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Anas","family":"Taha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Wetzikon Hospital, 8620 Wetzikon, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4036-1225","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bassey","family":"Enodien","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Wetzikon Hospital, 8620 Wetzikon, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel M.","family":"Frey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Wetzikon Hospital, 8620 Wetzikon, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stephanie","family":"Taha-Mehlitz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clarunis, University Center for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, 4002 Basel, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"593","article-title":"An incidence study on thyroglossal duct cysts in adults","volume":"2","author":"Kurt","year":"2007","journal-title":"Saudi Med. 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