Case Report: Congenital Thymic Cyst in an Iraqi Child | ||||
| The Medical Journal of Cairo University | ||||
| Article 157, Volume 87, September, September 2019, Page 4027-4030 PDF (681.36 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjcu.2019.70361 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| NADIM HADDAD, M.D.; SUHAILA SHAMSE-ELDEN TAHIR, DIM, M.Sc.; IMAN HASSAN, M.D. | ||||
| The Department of Thoracic & Vascular Surgeon, College of Medicine, Kirkuk University*, Directory of Health** and The Department of Pediatric, Azadi Teaching Hospital***, Kirkuk-Iraq | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Abstract Background: A nine months female child presented with dyspnea was diagnosed by third author applying echocardi-ography who discovered a large thymic cyst. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT scan; the patient was operated on by the first author applying median sternotomy with smooth post operative recovery and complete absence of symptoms. Aim of Study: We intended to report this rare case world-wide so that to throw light on every case with mediastinal cyst to include it in the differential diagnosis, and to be kept in mind always during investigating such a case. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Thymus; Median sternotomy; Kirkuk-Iraq | ||||
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