Concurrent pericardial diverticulum and unilocular thymic cyst lined with ciliated respiratory epithelium: a rare case report

Metin B., Yildirim S., Sahin S., Seckin S., ERKOÇ M. F.

INDIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, vol.32, no.2, pp.139-141, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s12055-015-0412-3
  • Journal Name: INDIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.139-141
  • Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Thymic cysts are divided into two groups as unilocular and multilocular cysts. Cystic wall is generally lined with squamous, transitional, cuboidal, or columnar epithelium. Unilocular cysts that are lined with ciliated respiratory epithelium are extremely rare, and there are only two reports in the literature. In this paper, we present a case, which had concurrent unilocular thymic cyst lined with ciliated respiratory epithelium and pericardial diverticulum.