Ectopic Cervical Thymic Cyst- A Rare Differential Diagnosis of Paediatric Lateral Neck Swellings

Abstract

Congenital ectopic thymic cysts are one among the rare neck masses seen in paediatric age group. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cervical neck swellings in children. This is a case report of ectopic cervical thymic cyst presenting in a nine-year-old male child as unilateral neck mass. Histopathological features were suggestive of ectopic cervical thymic cyst. The embryological basis, clinical presentation and diagnosis of ectopic cervical thymic cyst is discussed in the study

Keywords

• branchial cyst
• ectopic cyst
• paediatric neck mass
• thymus