creators_name: MN, Suma
creators_name: P, Jeyachandran
creators_name: Jena, M
creators_name: Revadi, PS
creators_id: sumasheshuvision2000@yahoo.co.in
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: BS Kakkilaya
type: journale
datestamp: 2011-12-28 03:01:10
lastmod: 2011-12-28 03:01:10
metadata_visibility: show
title: Cervical Thymic Cysts Masquerading as Thyroid Cysts
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Cervical thymic cyst; Unilocular; Multilocular
abstract: Two interesting cases  of cervical  thymic  cyst are reported highlighting the importance of this entity which can be missed preoperatively . Thymic cysts are of two types-unilocular and multilocular. They  differ in both macroscopic as well as microscopic findings. Histopathology helps to identify these cysts.
date: 2011-04-15
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 10
number: 1
publisher: BS Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   MN, Suma and P, Jeyachandran and Jena, M and Revadi, PS  (2011) Cervical Thymic Cysts Masquerading as Thyroid Cysts.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/7839/1/2011-1-25.pdf