| Cervical Thymic Cyst |
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Suk Mo Kim;Hang Seok Chang;Cheong Soo Park |
| 경부에 발생한 흉선 낭종 1예 |
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김석모;장항석;박정수 |
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| Abstract |
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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. |
| Key Words:
Neck mass, Thymic cyst, Branchial cleft cyst |
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