Symptomatic Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus in a 2-Month-Old Infant: Case Report
Ectopic cervical thymus (ECT) is a rare pediatric pathology usually with an asymptomatic course. In fewer cases, the patient may present with dyspnea, hoarseness, stridor, dysphagia and pain. The mass may present in cystic or solid forms. Solid forms are rare, constituting only 10% of all ECT cases...
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| description | Ectopic cervical thymus (ECT) is a rare pediatric pathology usually with an asymptomatic course. In fewer cases, the patient may present with dyspnea, hoarseness, stridor, dysphagia and pain. The mass may present in cystic or solid forms. Solid forms are rare, constituting only 10% of all ECT cases and these are mostly symptomatic. We aimed to present the case of an infant with ECT in the submandibular region that led to shortness of breath. ECTs in the submandibular region are mostly solid and larger in size, and therefore, likely to result in compressive symptoms. In this case report, we tried to cover the important aspects of the diagnosis of ECT, its treatment, and discussed the results with a literature review. We additionally aimed to emphasize the importance of considering pediatric ECT in the differential diagnosis of pediatric neck mass as well as considering surgical excision to prevent serious consequences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8d4e85e9c0243f1985a38962bed9cf62023-02-15T16:11:19ZengGalenos YayincilikTurkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology2667-74742021-06-0159215415710.4274/tao.2021.2021-2-1613049054Symptomatic Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus in a 2-Month-Old Infant: Case ReportNursultan Abakir0Fakih Cihat Eravcı1Ganime Dilek Emlik2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey Department of Radiology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey Ectopic cervical thymus (ECT) is a rare pediatric pathology usually with an asymptomatic course. In fewer cases, the patient may present with dyspnea, hoarseness, stridor, dysphagia and pain. The mass may present in cystic or solid forms. Solid forms are rare, constituting only 10% of all ECT cases and these are mostly symptomatic. We aimed to present the case of an infant with ECT in the submandibular region that led to shortness of breath. ECTs in the submandibular region are mostly solid and larger in size, and therefore, likely to result in compressive symptoms. In this case report, we tried to cover the important aspects of the diagnosis of ECT, its treatment, and discussed the results with a literature review. We additionally aimed to emphasize the importance of considering pediatric ECT in the differential diagnosis of pediatric neck mass as well as considering surgical excision to prevent serious consequences. http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/symptomatic-solid-ectopic-cervical-thymus-in-a-2-m/48145 thymusectopic tissuenecktumorpediatriccase report |
| spellingShingle | Nursultan Abakir Fakih Cihat Eravcı Ganime Dilek Emlik Symptomatic Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus in a 2-Month-Old Infant: Case Report Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology thymus ectopic tissue neck tumor pediatric case report |
| title | Symptomatic Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus in a 2-Month-Old Infant: Case Report |
| title_full | Symptomatic Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus in a 2-Month-Old Infant: Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Symptomatic Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus in a 2-Month-Old Infant: Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Symptomatic Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus in a 2-Month-Old Infant: Case Report |
| title_short | Symptomatic Solid Ectopic Cervical Thymus in a 2-Month-Old Infant: Case Report |
| title_sort | symptomatic solid ectopic cervical thymus in a 2 month old infant case report |
| topic | thymus ectopic tissue neck tumor pediatric case report |
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