Cervical Thymic Cyst Mimicking Laryngocele
Cervical thymic cysts are nearly 0.3% of all congenital cervical cysts. Thymic cysts are asymptomatic, but they rarely complain of dysphagia or tracheal obstruction symptoms. A soft, mobile, and painless mass increasing with valsalva maneuver directs the diagnosis of laryngocele. There has not been...
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| author | Kayhan Ozturk Cagdas Elsurer Serap Bulut Mutlu Duran Serdar Ugras |
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| description | Cervical thymic cysts are nearly 0.3% of all congenital cervical cysts. Thymic cysts are asymptomatic, but they rarely complain of dysphagia or tracheal obstruction symptoms. A soft, mobile, and painless mass increasing with valsalva maneuver directs the diagnosis of laryngocele. There has not been any study in the literature in which thymic cyst presenting like laryngocele. We hereby present a case of thymic cyst mimicking laryngocele that has not been reported so far. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-41e4299fb8e94ece96fd9838a03ca0532025-08-20T02:39:16ZengWileyCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732013-01-01201310.1155/2013/839406839406Cervical Thymic Cyst Mimicking LaryngoceleKayhan Ozturk0Cagdas Elsurer1Serap Bulut2Mutlu Duran3Serdar Ugras4Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, SelÇuk University Faculty of Medicine, SelÇuk University, Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, 42075 Selcuklu, Konya, TurkeyCervical thymic cysts are nearly 0.3% of all congenital cervical cysts. Thymic cysts are asymptomatic, but they rarely complain of dysphagia or tracheal obstruction symptoms. A soft, mobile, and painless mass increasing with valsalva maneuver directs the diagnosis of laryngocele. There has not been any study in the literature in which thymic cyst presenting like laryngocele. We hereby present a case of thymic cyst mimicking laryngocele that has not been reported so far.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/839406 |
| spellingShingle | Kayhan Ozturk Cagdas Elsurer Serap Bulut Mutlu Duran Serdar Ugras Cervical Thymic Cyst Mimicking Laryngocele Case Reports in Otolaryngology |
| title | Cervical Thymic Cyst Mimicking Laryngocele |
| title_full | Cervical Thymic Cyst Mimicking Laryngocele |
| title_fullStr | Cervical Thymic Cyst Mimicking Laryngocele |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cervical Thymic Cyst Mimicking Laryngocele |
| title_short | Cervical Thymic Cyst Mimicking Laryngocele |
| title_sort | cervical thymic cyst mimicking laryngocele |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/839406 |
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