title: Cervicomediastinal thymic cyst: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34390 Capa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozbey
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ratschek
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Höllwarth
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*