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Cervical Thymic Cyst  

Kim Suk-Mo (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Chang Hang-Seok (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Park Cheong-Soo (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
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Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology / v.20, no.1, 2004 , pp. 55-57 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cervical thymic cysts are not very common. Two-thirds of the lesions are detected in the 1st decade of life, when the thymus is biggest in size and most active. The remaining one-third in the 2nd and 3rd decades. Due to its rarity, cervical thymic cyst is seldom included in the differential diagnosis of a neck mass. Approximately 90 cases have been reported thus far, and most of these cases have occurred asymptomatically in children and adults. We report a case of a 44-year old man with a cervical thymic cyst mimicking branchial cleft cyst.
Keywords
Neck mass; Thymic cyst; Branchial cleft cyst;
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