Aberrant cervical thymus. A rare cause of acute respiratory distress.
Aberrant thymic tissue in the neck is a rare occurrence and has not been implicated as a cause of acute respiratory distress. We report a case in which a 6-week-old infant suffered on acute respiratory arrest, was successfully resuscitated, and had an uneventful recovery. At 3 months of age, a large congenital cervical mass was excised. Pathologic diagnosis was aberrant thymus. There is a retrospective correlation between the respiratory arrest and the cervical mass.
D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology