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cervical cystic anomalies
Monday 21 August 2017
These lesions vary in prevalence from common (thyroglossal duct cyst , branchial cleft cyst , and cystic hygroma ) to very rare (thymic cyst and cervical bronchogenic cyst ). The absolute number remains unknown.
See also : cervical cysts
Location
central cervical cysts
lateral cervical cysts
Types
congenital cystic masses of the neck :
- cervical thyroglossal duct cyst
- cervical branchial cleft cyst
- cervical cystic hygroma
- cervical dermoid cyst and cervical epidermoid cyst
- cervical thymic cyst
- cervical bronchogenic cyst
- cervical laryngocele
other cervical cysts
- cervical parathyroid cyst
- Kürsteiner canal / Kürsteiner cyst
tumoral cervical cysts
- cystic cervical metastasis
- cystic squamous cell carcinoma metastasis (cystic SCC metastasis )
- cystic papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis (cystic PTC metastasis )
Lining - examples
cuboidal epithelium
squamous epithelium
columnar epithelium
columnar ciliated epithelium
Localization
medial cervical cyst
lateral cervical cyst
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location
- medial cervical cyst
- lateral cervical cyst
cystic lining
- ciliated pseudostratified columnar or squamous epithelium
- flattened bland epithelium / cuboid epithelium / cubic epithelium
- PTC lining / PTC epithelium / PTC epithelial cells
IHC
- TTF1 / TTF-1
