Cervical thymic cyst mimicking laryngocele.
作者信息
Ozturk Kayhan, Elsurer Cagdas, Bulut Serap, Duran Mutlu, Ugras Serdar
机构信息
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey.
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey ; Department of Pathology, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Konya, Turkey.
出版信息
Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2013;2013:839406. doi: 10.1155/2013/839406. Epub 2013 Dec 17.
Cervical thymic cysts are nearly 0.3% of all congenital cervical cysts. Thymic cysts are asymptomatic, but they rarely complain of dysphagia or tracheal obstruction symptoms. A soft, mobile, and painless mass increasing with valsalva maneuver directs the diagnosis of laryngocele. There has not been any study in the literature in which thymic cyst presenting like laryngocele. We hereby present a case of thymic cyst mimicking laryngocele that has not been reported so far.
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