The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2016 , Vol 58 , Num 2
Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report
Emre Ünal ,Hanife Gülden Düzkalır ,Seray Kurt-Güney ,Emek Tolga Işıldak
1 Department of Radiology, Zonguldak Atatürk State Hospital, Zonguldak, Turkey DOI : 10.24953/turkjped.2016.02.020 Ectopic/aberrant cervical thymic tissue is a rare cause of neck mass and usually detected incidentally. Aberrant thymic tissue can occur anywhere in the course of thymic descent from the angle of the mandible to the superior mediastinum. We report a case of aberrant cervical thymus demonstrated by ultrasound. Keywords : ectopic, thymus, ultrasound
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