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Ectopic Cervical Thymoma

MedGen UID:
459095
•Concept ID:
C2986869
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A thymoma that arises in the cervical region and is not connected with the thymus gland. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEctopic Cervical Thymoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation of the thyroid (CASTLE).
Huang C, Wang L, Wang Y, Yang X, Li Q
Pathol Res Pract 2013 Oct;209(10):662-5. Epub 2013 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2013.06.021. PMID: 23920320

Diagnosis

Late-onset myasthenia gravis successfully treated with local resection of cervical ectopic thymoma.
Sekiguchi T, Yoshida K, Minamihara Y, Hayashi H, Oka T, Orimo S
J Clin Neurosci 2020 Mar;73:321-323. Epub 2020 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.12.055. PMID: 31926660
Ectopic cervical thymoma accompanied by Good's syndrome.
Nagoya A, Kanzaki R, Nakagiri T, Inoue M, Susaki Y, Inoue S, Okumura M
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;20 Suppl:531-4. Epub 2013 Jan 31 doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02027. PMID: 23364225
Ectopic cervical thymoma located in the carotid triangle.
Tsukada J, Hasegawa I, Sato H, Kakefuda T, Sugiura H, Narimatsu Y
Jpn J Radiol 2013 Feb;31(2):138-42. Epub 2012 Oct 17 doi: 10.1007/s11604-012-0152-x. PMID: 23073822
Ectopic cervical thymoma: a case report with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography findings.
Shien K, Shien T, Soh J, Ikeda H, Nogami T, Taira N, Doihara H, Miyoshi S
Acta Med Okayama 2012;66(4):357-61. doi: 10.18926/AMO/48691. PMID: 22918209
Fine needle cytology and flow cytometry of ectopic cervical thymoma: a case report.
Zeppa P, Varone V, Cozzolino I, Salvatore D, Vetrani A, Palombini L
Acta Cytol 2010 Sep-Oct;54(5 Suppl):998-1002. PMID: 21053586

Therapy

Late-onset myasthenia gravis successfully treated with local resection of cervical ectopic thymoma.
Sekiguchi T, Yoshida K, Minamihara Y, Hayashi H, Oka T, Orimo S
J Clin Neurosci 2020 Mar;73:321-323. Epub 2020 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.12.055. PMID: 31926660
Ectopic cervical thymoma accompanied by Good's syndrome.
Nagoya A, Kanzaki R, Nakagiri T, Inoue M, Susaki Y, Inoue S, Okumura M
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;20 Suppl:531-4. Epub 2013 Jan 31 doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02027. PMID: 23364225

Prognosis

Ectopic cervical thymoma accompanied by Good's syndrome.
Nagoya A, Kanzaki R, Nakagiri T, Inoue M, Susaki Y, Inoue S, Okumura M
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;20 Suppl:531-4. Epub 2013 Jan 31 doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02027. PMID: 23364225
Ectopic cervical thymoma located in the carotid triangle.
Tsukada J, Hasegawa I, Sato H, Kakefuda T, Sugiura H, Narimatsu Y
Jpn J Radiol 2013 Feb;31(2):138-42. Epub 2012 Oct 17 doi: 10.1007/s11604-012-0152-x. PMID: 23073822
Thymoma mimicking a thyroid mass.
Miller WT Jr, Gefter WB, Miller WT
Radiology 1992 Jul;184(1):75-6. doi: 10.1148/radiology.184.1.1609105. PMID: 1609105

Clinical prediction guides

Ectopic cervical thymoma accompanied by Good's syndrome.
Nagoya A, Kanzaki R, Nakagiri T, Inoue M, Susaki Y, Inoue S, Okumura M
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;20 Suppl:531-4. Epub 2013 Jan 31 doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02027. PMID: 23364225

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