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Cervical thymic cyst–a case record

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Abstract

Cystic lesions of the thymus are rare. In a large series of over 200 mediastinal cysts only 12 cases of thymic cysts have been reported (Seltzer et al., 1968). Cervical thymic cysts are so rare that only 35 cases have been documented in the English literature. (Al-Shihabi and Jackson, 1982).

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Clinical Records
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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