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''' | '''Tornwaldt cyst''' is rare benign [[head and neck pathology|head and neck]] thingy. | ||
It can be considered a subset of ''nasopharyngeal bursitis''.<ref name=pmid21116338>{{Cite journal | last1 = El-Shazly | first1 = A. | last2 = Barriat | first2 = S. | last3 = Lefebvre | first3 = P. | title = Nasopharyngeal bursitis: from embryology to clinical presentation. | journal = Int J Gen Med | volume = 3 | issue = | pages = 331-4 | month = | year = 2010 | doi = 10.2147/IJGM.S13257 | PMID = 21116338 }}</ref> | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
*Primitive notochord remnant.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Boucher | first1 = RM. | last2 = Hendrix | first2 = RA. | last3 = Guttenplan | first3 = MD. | title = The diagnosis of Thornwaldt's cyst. | journal = Trans Pa Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol | volume = 42 | issue = | pages = 1026-30 | month = | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 2084978 }}</ref> | *Primitive notochord remnant.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Boucher | first1 = RM. | last2 = Hendrix | first2 = RA. | last3 = Guttenplan | first3 = MD. | title = The diagnosis of Thornwaldt's cyst. | journal = Trans Pa Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol | volume = 42 | issue = | pages = 1026-30 | month = | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 2084978 }}</ref> | ||
*May be painful.<ref name=pmid22754868>{{Cite journal | last1 = Baisakhiya | first1 = N. | last2 = Deshmukh | first2 = P. | last3 = Pawar | first3 = V. | title = Tornwaldt cyst: a cause of neck pain and stiffness. | journal = Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg | volume = 63 | issue = Suppl 1 | pages = 147-8 | month = Jul | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/s12070-011-0185-y | PMID = 22754868 }}</ref> | |||
==Gross== | |||
*Medial posterior pharyngeal wall.<ref name=pmid7856446>{{Cite journal | last1 = Miyahara | first1 = H. | last2 = Matsunaga | first2 = T. | title = Tornwaldt's disease. | journal = Acta Otolaryngol Suppl | volume = 517 | issue = | pages = 36-9 | month = | year = 1994 | doi = | PMID = 7856446 }}</ref> | |||
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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146685/figure/Fig2/ Thornwaldt cyst - endoscopic view (nih.gov)]. | |||
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Image:Tornwald_Zyste_MRT_FLAIR_sag.png | Tornwaldt cyst - MRI. (WC) | |||
Image:Tornwaldt-cyst.jpg | Tornwaldt cyst - MRI. (WC) | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Head and neck pathology]] | *[[Head and neck pathology]] | ||
*[[Ditzels]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||