Thymic cyst secondary to cervical irradiation: a complication of treated laryngeal cancer.
Comput Med Imaging Graph
; 15(5): 319-22, 1991.
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| ID: mdl-1756450
ABSTRACT
This report demonstrates a thymic cyst arising in association with cervical irradiation for laryngeal carcinoma; a process not previously described. Thymic cysts are rare anterior mediastinal masses which have many etiologies, though an increased incidence of thymic cysts in association with Hodgkin's disease has been reported. This association was thought to be related to either mediastinal irradiation or cystic changes within a thymic focus of Hodgkin's disease. This case supports the theory that at least some thymic cysts arise secondary to irradiation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Radiation Injuries
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Thymus Gland
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
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Laryngeal Neoplasms
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Mediastinal Cyst
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Comput Med Imaging Graph
Journal subject:
DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Year:
1991
Type:
Article