CERVICAL THYMIC CYSTS AND PARATHYROID CYSTS
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Cervical thymic cysts and parathyroid cysts.
Cysts which originated from embryonal remnants are often observed in the cervical region. Among these cysts, branchiogenic cleft cysts and thyroglossal cysts are most commonly encountered. Parathyroid cysts and cervical thymic cysts are known to be a rare entity. Reviewing the world literature of the latter two, only a few reports were noted. There is, in addition, some confusion in terminology...
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We present the case of a 10-year-old boy with the sudden onset of a large, painless left neck mass. Findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy suggest a cystic lesion, most likely of thymic origin. Cervical thymic cysts are a rare form of cervical mass, which are easily overlooked in the differential diagnosis of children presenting with painless neck m...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Keio Journal of Medicine
سال: 1971
ISSN: 1880-1293,0022-9717
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.20.103