An Uncommon Case of Cervical Thymopharyngeal Duct Cyst
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Thymopharyngeal duct cyst: an unusual variant of cervical thymic anomalies.
BACKGROUND The thymus develops from the third pharyngeal pouch and descends from the neck into the anterior-superior mediastinum. Thus, it is possible to have thymic remnants in the neck, which most often present as a cervical mass during childhood. One type of cystic thymic remnant is the thymopharyngeal duct cyst, a remnant of one of the paired tracts of embryological thymic descent. Thymopha...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2249-782X
DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26157.9785