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Larsen JL Jensen JH (1983)
Congenital thymic cysts in the neckInt J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 6
Adam AE Guba AM (1978)
Cervical presentation of thymic cystsAm J Surg, 136
Ravitch MM Adkins JC (1977)
The operative management of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis in childrenSurgery, 82
O'Kell RT Barrick B (1969)
Thymic cysts and remnant cervical thymusJ Pediatr Surg, 4
McAdams AJ Bieger RC (1966)
Thymic cystsArch Pathol Lab Med, 82
Thompson LD Graeber GM (1984)
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Vinocur CD Wagner CW (1988)
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Carrington PR Sanusi ID (1982)
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Holt GR (1987)
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Abstract Pathologic Quiz Case 1 Wade R. Cressman, MD, Charles M. Myer III, MD, Cincinnati, OhioAn 8-year-old boy presented with an expansile right-sided neck mass. This had been noted several weeks previously during an episode of straining. The physical examination showed nothing abnormal except when the patient performed a Valsalva maneuver, when a soft mass deep to the right sternocleidomastoid in the midcervical region was palpable (Fig 1).A computed tomographic scan demonstrated a 7×5×8-cm, multiseptated, contrast-enhancing mass in the anterior mediastinum with extension superiorly to the thoracic inlet with mild compression of the intrathoracic trachea (Fig 2). With the Valsalva maneuver, this mass was visualized deep to the right sternocleidomastoid muscle, extending from the hyoid to the thoracic inlet, displacing the right carotid sheath posteriorly and the trachea leftward. No adenopathy or bony erosion was evident.The patient was taken to the operating room, where, through a low References 1. Guba AM, Adam AE, Jaques DA, Chambers RE. Cervical presentation of thymic cysts . Am J Surg . 1978;136:430-436.Crossref 2. Jensen JH, Larsen JL, Asschenfeldt P. Congenital thymic cysts in the neck . Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol . 1983;6:95-100.Crossref 3. Mikal S. Cervical thymic cyst . Arch Surg . 1974;109:558-562.Crossref 4. Wagner CW, Vinocur CD, Weintraub WH, Golladay ES. Respiratory complications in cervical thymic cysts . J Pediatr Surg . 1988;23:657-660.Crossref 5. Barrick B, O'Kell RT. Thymic cysts and remnant cervical thymus . J Pediatr Surg . 1969;4:355-357.Crossref 6. Ellis HA. Cervical thymic cysts . Br J Surg . 1967;54:17-20.Crossref 7. Fahmy S. Cervical thymic cysts: their pathogenesis and relationship to branchial cysts . J Laryngol Otol . 1974;88:47-60.Crossref 8. Bieger RC, McAdams AJ. Thymic cysts . Arch Pathol Lab Med . 1966;82: 535-541. 9. Graeber GM, Thompson LD, Ronnigen LD, Zajtchuk R. Cystic lesion of the thymus . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg . 1984;87:295-300. 10. Leong AS, Brown H. Malignant transformation in a thymic cyst . Am J Surg Pathol . 1984;8:471-475.Crossref 11. Ridenhour CE, Henzel JH, DeWeese MS, Kerr SE. Thymoma arising from undescended cervical thymus . Surgery . 1970;67:614-619. 12. Sanusi ID, Carrington PR, Adams DN. Cervical thymic cyst . Arch Dermatol . 1982;122-124. 13. Maceri DR, Saxon KG. Neurofibromatosis of the head and neck . Head Neck Surg . 1984;6:842-850.Crossref 14. White AK, Smith RJH, Brooke WF, Bigler CR, Schauer PR. Head and neck manifestations of neurofibromatosis . Laryngoscope . 1986;96:732-737.Crossref 15. Holt GR. Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis . Otolaryngol Clin North Am . 1987;20:179-193. 16. Shack RB, Reilly AF, Lynch JB. Neurofibromas of the head and neck . South Med J . 1985;78:801-804.Crossref 17. Griffith BH, Lewis VL. Neurofibromas of the head and neck . Surg Gynecol Obstet . 1985;160:534-538. 18. Adkins JC, Ravitch MM. The operative management of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis in children . Surgery . 1977;82:342-348.
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery – American Medical Association
Published: Jul 1, 1992
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