Ectopic cervical thymus: Case report and review of pathogenesis and management

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 694-697

  Ahsan, Farhan ^a   Allison, R ^a   White, J ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Southern Community Laboratories   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child; Neck; Thymus Gland

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC CERVICAL THYMUS; ECTOPIC ORGAN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOBLASTOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NECK TUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYMUS;

CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOMA; MALE; NECK; NEOPLASMS, ADIPOSE TISSUE; THYMUS GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955852438     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109992180     Document Type: Review

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