Cervical thymic cyst mimicking laryngocele.
Cervical thymic cysts are nearly 0.3% of all congenital cervical cysts. Thymic cysts are asymptomatic, but they rarely complain of dysphagia or tracheal obstruction symptoms. A soft, mobile, and painless mass increasing with valsalva maneuver directs the diagnosis of laryngocele. There has not been any study in the literature in which thymic cyst presenting like laryngocele. We hereby present a case of thymic cyst mimicking laryngocele that has not been reported so far.
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey.
Kayhan
K
Ozturk
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey.
Cagdas
C
Elsurer
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey.
Serap
S
Bulut
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey.
Mutlu
M
Duran
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey ; Department of Pathology, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Serdar
S
Ugras