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presternal ciliated cyst

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The location and histologic features of a presternal ciliated cyst favor a primitive foregut origin for this cyst, probably via the process of embryonic sequestration and migration.

References

- Presternal ciliated cyst. Patterson JW, Pittman DL, Rich JD. Arch Dermatol. 1984 Feb;120(2):240-2. PMID: 6696479