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J Vannucci1, V Tassi, M Monacelli
1Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of Perugia Medical School, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|July 19, 2011
Abstract:
Totally cervical thymoma is extremely rare and usually arises from ectopic thymic tissue. We report a case of a B1 thymoma localized in the neck, misdiagnosed for a decade as a thyroid nodule. Fine needle aspiration biopsy led to a preoperative suspicion of the correct diagnosis. The tumor was resected intact through a cervical collar incision, along with the upper thymic horn from which it originated. A pathogenetic hypothesis was formulated.

