Cervical Thymic Cysts Masquerading as Thyroid Cysts

Abstract

Two interesting cases of cervical thymic cyst are reported highlighting the importance of this entity which can be missed preoperatively . Thymic cysts are of two types-unilocular and multilocular. They differ in both macroscopic as well as microscopic findings. Histopathology helps to identify these cysts.

Keywords

• Cervical thymic cyst
• Unilocular
• Multilocular