Ectopic Cervical Thymoma
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
The thymus is a lymph epithelial organ derived from the pharyngeal pouches, and anatomically located in the anterior superior mediastinum. Ectopic cervical Thymic lesions results from aberrant migration of the thymus during embryogenesis. Ectopic thymoma is aprimary epithelial tumour of ectopic Thymic tissue, most commonly located in the anterior mediastinum. It rarely arises from the neck and other regions. A 27 yr old male presented with the history of mass in the neck, without any other significant complaints. The mass lesion was excised and the histopathological diagnosis of the biopsied specimen was ectopic cervical thymoma
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G. Ridhi
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