Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report
Ectopic/aberrant cervical thymic tissue is a rare cause of neck mass and usually detected incidentally. Aberrant thymic tissue can occur anywhere in the course of thymic descent from the angle of the mandible to the superior mediastinum. We report a case of aberrant cervical thymus demonstrat...
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Ectopic/aberrant cervical thymic tissue is a rare cause of neck mass and usually detected incidentally. Aberrant thymic tissue can occur anywhere in the course of thymic descent from the angle of the mandible to the superior mediastinum. We report a case of aberrant cervical thymus demonstrated by ultrasound.
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| spelling | doaj-art-63f57728fc424b4093ff74db0a3b5e612025-08-20T03:01:14ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212016-04-0158210.24953/turkjped.2016.02.020Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case reportEmre ÜnalHanife Gülden DüzkalırSeray Kurt-GüneyEmek Tolga Işıldak Ectopic/aberrant cervical thymic tissue is a rare cause of neck mass and usually detected incidentally. Aberrant thymic tissue can occur anywhere in the course of thymic descent from the angle of the mandible to the superior mediastinum. We report a case of aberrant cervical thymus demonstrated by ultrasound. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1103ectopicthymusultrasound |
| spellingShingle | Emre Ünal Hanife Gülden Düzkalır Seray Kurt-Güney Emek Tolga Işıldak Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics ectopic thymus ultrasound |
| title | Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report |
| title_full | Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report |
| title_short | Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report |
| title_sort | aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography a case report |
| topic | ectopic thymus ultrasound |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1103 |
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