Tandon Anupama, Tandon Rajesh, Chandrashekhar M, Das Poonam, Bansal Bhavna, Bhatia Nalin
Radiology and Imaging Department, UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2011 Oct 4;2011:bcr0520114250. doi: 10.1136/bcr.05.2011.4250.
We present a case of a 5-year-old child with a painless swelling on the neck. Imaging revealed a multilocular cystic lesion lying in close proximity to carotid vessels. Based on imaging a possibility of ectopic thymic cyst was considered, which was confirmed on histopathology. Ectopic cervical cyst is an infrequent cause of neck cyst in a child which is rarely diagnosed preoperatively.