Saracho Cornet P L, Traversaro M, Courel J, Buteler G, Moreno P, Ferreo G, Arias M
Departamento de Cirugia Pediatrica del Hospital Infantil Municipal, Córdoba, Argentina.
Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 1999;56(1):119-22.
We present a case of ectopic thymus in an eight month old male baby, with a right lateral tumor of the neck. Ectopic thymus is a pathology rarely observed, its embryogenesis could explain its cervical localization. X Ray, ultrasonography, IRM, esophagoscophy and laryngoscophy may be helpful in the differential diagnosis with other tumors of the neck. Due to the fact that cystic lesions and neoplasis developments take place, the chosen treatment is the complete chirurgical extirpation. But at the absence of symptoms, no treatments is advisable because eventually the thymus spontaneously involutionates.
我们报告一例8个月大男婴的异位胸腺病例，其颈部右侧有肿瘤。异位胸腺是一种罕见的病理情况，其胚胎发育可解释其颈部定位。X线、超声、磁共振成像、食管镜检查和喉镜检查可能有助于与其他颈部肿瘤进行鉴别诊断。由于存在囊性病变和肿瘤发展，所选治疗方法是完整的手术切除。但在无症状的情况下，不建议进行治疗，因为胸腺最终可能会自发退化。
