ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Cervical thymic cysts are uncommon lesions, rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of neck cysts in children. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a rare case of multiloculated thymic cyst in an 8-year-old boy on the right side of the neck. Perioperative diagnosis was a cystic hygroma. Macroscopic examination showed a cystic mass measuring 6.5 cm in total length. Histopathology of the excised specimen revealed thymic tissue with prominent Hassall's corpuscles associated with multiloculated cyst. The cyst wall is bordered by a flattened or multilayered epithelium, often abraded. CONCLUSION: This case is presented here for its rarity and should be included in the differential diagnosis of neck masses in children. So, it's a lesion to be well aware of, particularly by pathologists.
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Mediastinal Cyst/diagnosis , Neck , Child , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Mediastinal Cyst/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Juxta articular myxomas are rare tumors. The treatment is surgical with a high recurrence rate. A location proximal to the wrist joint is exceptional. We report a case of juxta articular myxoma of the wrist in a 30-year-old patient, with no recurrence four months after surgical excision.
