Severe dyspnea and dysphagia resulting from an aberrant cervical thymus.
A 5-month-old infant presented with severe dyspnea and dysphagia resulting from a right-sided cervical mass. At 5 months of age, a large aberrant thymus was excised, resulting in the disappearance of all symptoms. Pathological examination showed normal thymus tissue. Since the preoperative chest X-ray film showed a normal thymic shadow and the T-lymphocyte functions were normal, we conclude that this was not an ectopic gland but an undescended thymic implant.
D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013950:Thymus Gland