lateral cervical cysts

See also : cervical cystic anomalies , cervical cysts

Types

 congenital lateral cystic masses of the neck :

• cervical branchial cleft cyst
• cervical dermoid cyst and cervical epidermoid cyst
• cervical bronchogenic cyst
• cervical laryngocele

 other cervical cysts

• cervical parathyroid cyst
• Kürsteiner canal / Kürsteiner cyst

 tumoral cervical cysts (caution !)

• 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

 ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium or squamous epithelium
 flattened bland epithelium / cuboid epithelium / cubic epithelium
 PTC lining / PTC epithelium / PTC epithelial cells

• PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma

See also

 cervical tumors
 cysts

• cervical cysts