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Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus: A Case Report

The thymus gland is a lymphoid organ normally located in the superior anterior mediastinum. It can rarely present abnormally in other sites along the thymopharyngeal canal and it might cause difficulties in breathing and/or feeding. We present a case report of an ectopic cervical thymus of a 10-mont...

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Autores principales: Alnosair, Ashraf A, Alnosair, Lojain A, Almohammed Saleh, Ali A, Al Zaid, Ali R, Al Alhareth, Alanoud S, Alkhars, Fatimah S
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9206523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35747022
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25142
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author Alnosair, Ashraf A
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Al Zaid, Ali R
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Alkhars, Fatimah S
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description The thymus gland is a lymphoid organ normally located in the superior anterior mediastinum. It can rarely present abnormally in other sites along the thymopharyngeal canal and it might cause difficulties in breathing and/or feeding. We present a case report of an ectopic cervical thymus of a 10-month-old male infant who was presented to the hospital with a swelling on the left side of his neck for nine months. Investigations raised suspicion about four differential diagnoses and a total surgical excision for histopathological confirmation was deemed mandatory. It is of great importance to consider ectopic cervical thymus in the differential diagnosis of pediatric neck masses to avoid unnecessary procedures and prevent possible complications.
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spelling pubmed-92065232022-06-22 Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus: A Case Report Alnosair, Ashraf A Alnosair, Lojain A Almohammed Saleh, Ali A Al Zaid, Ali R Al Alhareth, Alanoud S Alkhars, Fatimah S Cureus Pediatrics The thymus gland is a lymphoid organ normally located in the superior anterior mediastinum. It can rarely present abnormally in other sites along the thymopharyngeal canal and it might cause difficulties in breathing and/or feeding. We present a case report of an ectopic cervical thymus of a 10-month-old male infant who was presented to the hospital with a swelling on the left side of his neck for nine months. Investigations raised suspicion about four differential diagnoses and a total surgical excision for histopathological confirmation was deemed mandatory. It is of great importance to consider ectopic cervical thymus in the differential diagnosis of pediatric neck masses to avoid unnecessary procedures and prevent possible complications. Cureus 2022-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9206523/ /pubmed/35747022 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25142 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alnosair et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Alnosair, Ashraf A
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Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus: A Case Report
title Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus: A Case Report
title_full Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus: A Case Report
title_fullStr Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus: A Case Report
title_short Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus: A Case Report
title_sort solid ectopic cervical thymus: a case report
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9206523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35747022
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25142
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