Hazmiri FE, Nachite F, Skandour D, Raji A, El ganouni NCI, Rais H. Lateral cervical thymic cyst in a child: a case report.
BMC Res Notes 2018;
11:85. [PMID:
29382377 PMCID:
PMC5791249 DOI:
10.1186/s13104-018-3208-x]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Cervical thymic cysts are uncommon lesions, rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of neck cysts in children.
CASE PRESENTATION
We report a rare case of multiloculated thymic cyst in an 8-year-old boy on the right side of the neck. Perioperative diagnosis was a cystic hygroma. Macroscopic examination showed a cystic mass measuring 6.5 cm in total length. Histopathology of the excised specimen revealed thymic tissue with prominent Hassall's corpuscles associated with multiloculated cyst. The cyst wall is bordered by a flattened or multilayered epithelium, often abraded.
CONCLUSION
This case is presented here for its rarity and should be included in the differential diagnosis of neck masses in children. So, it's a lesion to be well aware of, particularly by pathologists.
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