Infant ectopic cervical thymus one case report: Diagnostic and management difficulties

摘要: Cervical ectopic thymus (CET), an embryological anomaly detected incidentally at autopsy, is rarely described in clinical patients. Furthermore, aberrant cervical thymic tissue infrequently reported cause of neck masses, and especially for pediatric However, according to work, it should be included the differential diagnosis particularly children Thymic rests can found all along route descent from into anterior mediastinum. In routine practice, preoperative seldom considered often misdiagnosed as a possible tumor or lymph node, which leads biopsy surgical removal. Here, case was presented cystic hydroma (one type lymphatic malformation). Our misdiagnosis introduced, literature about management controversy were reviewed recent years.