title: Respiratory failure revealing a multilocular thymic cyst in an infant.
abstract: Multilocular thymic cysts are rare benign acquired lesions of the neck and mediastinum. In children, multilocular thymic cysts are usually symptomatic after the age of 2 years and produce few symptoms. We report an unusual case of a multilocular thymic cyst diagnosed in a 3-month-old girl, causing severe respiratory failure. We believe that this unusual presentation has not been previously reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia. asma.bouziri@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Asma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouziri
authors.forename: Ammar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khaldi
authors.forename: Hela
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Louati
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Menif
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khayati
authors.forename: Nejla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ben Jaballah
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*