Cervicomediastinal thymic cyst: report of a case.
Congenital thymic cysts are rare. Consequently, they are often misdiagnosed and not included in the preoperative differential diagnosis of neck masses. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy with a large cervicomediastinal thymic cyst to increase the awareness of this unusual entity. We discuss the clinical features, presentation, and pathogenesis of thymic cysts.
Ozbey
Hüseyin
H
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34390 Capa, Turkey.
Ratschek
Manfred
M
Höllwarth
Michael
M
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*