ArticleOncology letters2015
Aspiration cytology of an ectopic cervical thymoma misinterpreted as a lymphoproliferative lesion of the thyroid: A case report.
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- Ectopic cervical thymus in a child: A rare neck mass case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
- Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Thyroid Neoplasms.Endocrine pathology · 2022Review
- [Ectopic cervical thymoma misdiagnosed as thyroid nodule：a case report].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2020Article
- Ectopic cervical thymoma with myasthenia gravis: a rare association.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2020Article
- Ectopic thymoma: report of 2 cases and review of the literature.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2019Article
- Ectopic Cervical Thymoma: A Case Report and Review.The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2017Article
- Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymic-Like Differentiation Causing Fracture of the Trachea.Case reports in medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
Ectopic cervical thymoma is a rare tumor that originates from ectopic thymic tissue trapped during the migration of the embryonic thymus. To the best of our knowledge, only 14 cases of ectopic cervical thymoma, which include descriptions of the cytological features based on fine-needle aspiration (FNA), have been reported thus far. The current study describes the case of a 52-year-old male presenting with an enlarging anterior neck mass that been apparent for a number of years and was now accompanied by shortness of breath. FNA cytology revealed large numbers of small lymphocytes admixed with rare groups of large, polygonal cells that were interpreted to be reactive lymphocytes or possible follicular dendritic cells. However, no definite follicular or Hürthle cells were identified. Therefore, the overall cytological features were misinterpreted as a lymphoproliferative lesion. However, subsequent histological analysis of the resected left total lobectomy specimen determined a diagnosis of thymoma, type B1. Thus, awareness of this entity combined with a careful search for thymic epithelial cells may aid in determining a correct diagnosis when FNA is performed for the evaluation of a neck mass.
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