Thymic cyst in the neck

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-112

  Berenos Riley, L ^a   Manni, J J ^b,d   Coronel, C ^a   De Wilde, P C M ^c  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Neck mass; Thymic cyst

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMUS; THYMUS CYST;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST;

EID: 12344287935     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310016046     Document Type: Review

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