Open AccessPAPILLARY ADENOMA IN A LATERAL CERVICAL CYST
Author(s) -
Suzuki Toshimitsu
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1987.tb00452.x
Subject(s) - pathology , cyst , cuboidal cell , anatomy , columnar cell , thyroglossal duct , adenoma , thyroid , papillary carcinoma , epithelium , duct (anatomy) , medicine , biology , thyroid carcinoma
A lateral cervical cyst located in the left lower neck and had no connection with the thymus, thyroid or parotid gland has been described. Its origin might be the remnant of thymic duct, since Hassal's corpuscle‐like structure was found in the cystic wall, although established thymic tissue could not be detected. The most interesting feature of the cyst was that the lining showed papillary adenoma approximately in one‐fifth of the luminar surface, whereas the rest was lined by either cuboidal to columnar, nonciliated epithelial cells or metaplastic squamous epithelial cells. This is the first documented case of papillary adenoma in a lateral cervical cyst of possible thymic duct origin. ACTA PATHOL. JPN. 37: 1019–1024, 1987.