A case of thymic cyst removed transcervically

A Cervical Thymic Cyst with Persistent Thymopharyngeal Tract: A Case Report

Cervical thymic cyst is a rare entity of either congenital or inflammatory origin described infrequently in literature. The asymptomatic nature of the entity and the rarity of the lesion frequently lead to a diagnostic dilemma many times. We present a case of cervical thymic cyst that presented to us as an asymptomatic neck mass that was managed surgically. Cervical thymic cyst should be kept a...

Mediastinal Thymic Cyst: A Rare Case Report

Cervical Thymic Cyst: A Rare Case Report

Cervical thymic cysts are among the rarest cysts found in the neck. Nests of thymic tissue may be found anywhere along the descent of the thymic primordia from the angle of the mandible to the mediastinum. Mediastinal extension is seen in 50% of cervical thymic cysts. The author report an uncommon case of a 27-year-old female , who noted a painless, growing mass on his neck of two -year duratio...

A Case of Broad Ligament Cyst Removed by Enucleation

LIGAMENT CYST REMOVED BY ENUCLEATION, and which was so tensely filled with fluid (about two quarts), that its pelvic portion before operation gave all the physical signs of a hard, solid tumour:? I venture to record the following case chiefly for the sake of the interest attaching to its diagnosis, from its anomalous physical signs, which only serves as a further illustration of how uncertain o...

A case of rapidly enlarging unilocular thymic cyst.

Thymic cysts occur relatively rarely and account for only about 3% of all anterior mediastinal masses. 1 Although thymic cysts usually grow very slowly, there have been three reported cases of unilocular thymic cysts that enlarged rapidly as a result of intra-cystic haemorrhage: two cases occurred in children with aplastic anaemia and one occurred in a 13 year old boy with no other symptoms. 2 ...