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thymic cysts

Tuesday 14 September 2004

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Images

 Thymic cyst presenting in neck with parathyroid tissue

Types

 multilocular thymic cyst (2006719)

Association

 mediastinal seminoma
 mediastinal nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma

Differential diagnosis

 cystic thymoma

References

 Suster S, Rosai J. Multilocular thymic cyst: an acquired reactive process. Study of 18 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 1991 Apr;15(4):388-98. PMID: 2006719

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