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CERVICAL THYMIC CYST: REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF A RARE LESION
Author(s) -
Benveniste G. L.,
Holoyda A.,
Hamilton D. W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb04125.x
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , lesion , cyst , radiology , surgery
A case of cervical thymic cyst presenting as a thyroid swelling is reported, and the embryology of the thymus gland is discussed in order to explain this unusual presentation.