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Southern Cross Gillies Hospital - Paediatric Surgery
Private Surgical Service, Paediatrics
Thyroglossal Cyst
An incision (cut) is made in the neck over the cyst (fluid-filled sac) and the cyst cut free from muscle and other tissue. The part of the hyoid bone (bone at the front of the throat) that the cyst is attached to is also cut out and removed along with the cyst.