Cervical thymic anomalies: The Texas children's hospital experience

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1988-1993

  Sturm O'Brien, Angela K ^a   Salazar, Jorge D ^a   Byrd, Robert H ^a   Popek, Edwina J ^a   Giannoni, Carla M ^a   Friedman, Ellen M ^a   Sulek, Marcelle ^a   Larrier, Deidre R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Texas Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical thymic cyst; Ectopic thymic tissue; Neck mass; Thymic anomaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC ORGAN; HUMAN; MALE; NECK TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; THYMUS CYST; THYMUS SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; TEXAS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349975814     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20625     Document Type: Article

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