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

Ganesan, Sivaraman; Thangavel, Saranya; Ramalingam, Natarajan; Jacob, Sajini; Alexander, Arun

doi:10.22038/ijp.2017.26169.2233

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

Document Type : case report

Authors

Sivaraman Ganesan ¹

Saranya Thangavel ²

Natarajan Ramalingam ³

Sajini Jacob ⁴

Arun Alexander ⁵

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry – 605006, India.

² Junior Resident, Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry – 605006, India.

³ Senior Resident, Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry – 605006, India.

⁴ Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry – 605006, India.

⁵ Associate Professor and Head, Department of ENT, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry – 605006, India.

10.22038/ijp.2017.26169.2233

Abstract

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 as a differential diagnosis of an asymptomatic neck swelling especially in children.

Keywords

Children

Thymic cyst

Thymopharyngeal tract