Aberrant Cervical Thymus: A Rare Cause of Acute Respiratory Distress
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 107 (3) , 179-180
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1981.00790390045013
Abstract
• Aberrant thymic tissue in the neck is a rare occurrence and has not been implicated as a cause of acute respiratory distress. We report a case in which a 6-week-old infant suffered an acute respiratory arrest, was successfully resuscitated, and had an uneventful recovery. At 3 months of age, a large congenital cervical mass was excised. Pathologic diagnosis was aberrant thymus. There is a retrospective correlation between the respiratory arrest and the cervical mass. (Arch Otolaryngol 1981;107:179-180)This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Persistence of the thymus in the cervical areaThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1962
- Some developmental abnormalities of the thymus and parathyroidsThe Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, 1941