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Ectopic Cervical Thymus in an Infant with Normal Orthotopic Thymus: Role of Imaging in Diagnosis and Management

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Ectopic cervical thymus (ECT) is a rare cause of solid cervical mass in the pediatric age group. The location of the mass along the path of thymic descent (thymopharyngeal duct), sonographic echo pattern and MR signal intensity identical to that of normal orthotopic thymus in the anterior mediastinum help us in making a confident diagnosis. To the best of our knowledge only nine cases have been reported in infants in the literature. We present a case of ECT presenting as a right upper neck mass in a 2 month old child.

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  1. Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695011, India

    S. Vinayagamani

  2. Department of Radiology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002, India

    Jyoti Kumar & Anju Garg

  3. Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002, India

    Siddarth Ramji

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Vinayagamani, S., Kumar, J., Garg, A. et al. Ectopic Cervical Thymus in an Infant with Normal Orthotopic Thymus: Role of Imaging in Diagnosis and Management. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 71 (Suppl 1), 614–617 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1437-x

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