Congenital cystic choristoma mimicking cervical lymphangioma.
Choristoma is a tissue or mass with a normal histology at an abnormal location, and cystic choristoma has rarely been reported in the head and neck region. Cervical cystic masses in neonates are usually diagnosed as cystic lymphangioma. The authors present a case of a congenital laterocervical cystic mass that appeared to be lymphangioma, but which turned out to be a cystic choristoma.
Moon
Suk-Bae
SB
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul 110-744, Korea.
Park
Kwi-Won
KW
Yun
Woong-Jae
WJ
Patten
Phillip P
PP
Jung
Sung-Eun
SE
D002828:Choristoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009333:Neck; D012469:Salivary Glands