Acta Med. 2019, 62: 117-122

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.135

Fusiform Cervical Mass in a 6-Year Old Boy; Do not Forget the Thymic Cyst

Ioannis Patouliasa, Magdalini Mitroudia, Vasilios Rafailidisb, Thomas Feidantsisa, Constantine Theocharidesc, Parthena Kampouridoud, Dimitrios Patouliase

aFirst Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece
bDepartment of Radiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital “AHEPA”, Thessaloniki, Greece
cDepartment of Pathology, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece
dDepartment of Pediatrics, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece
eFirst Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital “Hippokration”, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received March 25, 2019
Accepted June 21, 2019

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