Case Report: Congenital Thymic Cyst in an Iraqi Child

Abstract

Background: A nine months female child presented with dyspnea was diagnosed by third author applying echocardiography who discovered a large thymic cyst. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT scan; the patient was operated on by the first author applying median sternotomy with smooth post operative recovery and complete absence of symptoms. Aim of Study:We intended to report this rare case worldwide so that to throw light on every case with mediastinal cyst to include it in the differential diagnosis, and to be kept in mind always during investigating such a case.