A RARE CONGENITAL PAEDIATRIC NECK SWELLING
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male child with a left side cervical swelling . On USG it appeared as echogenic cystic lesion in the
anterior triangle of the neck. On CECT non enhancing hypodense cystic lesion was seen extending
from the angle of mandible to anterior mediastinum. It was totally resected and histopathological
analysis revealed a thymic cyst. The diagnosis of thymic cyst is not possible prior to histological
examination. Therefore, in children cervical thymic cyst should be considered as a differential
diagnosis in each cervical soft tissue swelling.
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