Daneshbod Yahya, Banani Abbas, Kumar Perikala V
Department of Pathology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Ear Nose Throat J. 2006 Jul;85(7):452-3.
We report an interesting case of a recurrent left lateral neck mass in a 6-year-old boy. When the tumor failed to disappear after a course of antibiotic therapy, it was excised. Histologic study revealed that the encapsulated mass contained a parathyroid gland embedded within a histologically normal thymus. The presence of thymic and parathyroid tissue within a single capsule supports the idea that these two structures have a common embryologic origin. The combination of thymic and parathyroid tissue in a neck mass in a patient so young is rarely reported.
