Cystic hygroma colli in adults: a report of two cases, one with atypical location.
We presented two adult cases of cystic hygroma colli (CHC), one with atypical location. The first patient was a 23-year-old male with CHC located in the posterior cervical triangle, its common location in the neck. The latter was a 22-year-old male whose lesion occupied the submandibular region and extended to the skull base. The diagnosis was made by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy, and confirmed by postoperative histopathologic examination. The lesions were surgically removed in both patients, and no recurrence was encountered during postoperative 12 and 14 months, respectively.
Kasapoğlu
Fikret
F
Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey. fkasapoglu@uludag.edu.tr
Yildirim
Nadir
N
D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult