Open AccessEctopic Cervical Thymus in an Infant with Normal Orthotopic Thymus: Role of Imaging in Diagnosis and Management
Author(s) -
S. Vinayagamani,
Jyoti Kumar,
Anju Garg,
Siddarth Ramji
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/s12070-018-1437-x
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , mediastinum , neck mass , mediastinal mass , choristoma , radiology , surgery , anatomy
Ectopic cervical thymus (ECT) is a rare cause of solid cervical mass in the pediatric age group. The location of the mass along the path of thymic descent (thymopharyngeal duct), sonographic echo pattern and MR signal intensity identical to that of normal orthotopic thymus in the anterior mediastinum help us in making a confident diagnosis. To the best of our knowledge only nine cases have been reported in infants in the literature. We present a case of ECT presenting as a right upper neck mass in a 2 month old child.