Abstract
Most patients with thymic cysts complain of a slowly enlarging, asymptomatic cervical mass. Only 6–10% suffer dysphagia, dyspnoea, stridor, cervical pain or vocal paralysis. In some rare cases sudden onset of severe dyspnoea or asphyxia is the first symptom, especially in neonates and small infants. We report a unique case of a 20-month-old child, who required emergency tracheal intubation due to asphyxia. Cervicomediastinal thymic cyst might need to be included in causes of life-threatening airway obstruction in young children.
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Komura, M., Kanamori, Y., Sugiyama, M. et al. A pediatric case of life-threatening airway obstruction caused by a cervicomediastinal thymic cyst. Pediatr Radiol 40, 1569–1571 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-010-1782-8
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