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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== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:37, 13 October 2013
Tornwaldt cyst is rare benign head and neck thingy.
It can be considered a subset of nasopharyngeal bursitis.[1]
General
Gross
- Medial posterior pharyngeal wall.[4]
Image:
Tornwaldt cyst - MRI. (WC)
Tornwaldt cyst - MRI. (WC)
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NASOPHARYNEAL TISSUE, EXCISION: - MUCOSA LINED BY RESPIRAOTRY EPITHELIUM WITH LYMPHOID STROMA; CONSISTENT WITH LINING OF A THORNWALDT CYST. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
See also
References
- ↑ El-Shazly, A.; Barriat, S.; Lefebvre, P. (2010). "Nasopharyngeal bursitis: from embryology to clinical presentation.". Int J Gen Med 3: 331-4. doi:10.2147/IJGM.S13257. PMID 21116338.
- ↑ Boucher, RM.; Hendrix, RA.; Guttenplan, MD. (1990). "The diagnosis of Thornwaldt's cyst.". Trans Pa Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 42: 1026-30. PMID 2084978.
- ↑ Baisakhiya, N.; Deshmukh, P.; Pawar, V. (Jul 2011). "Tornwaldt cyst: a cause of neck pain and stiffness.". Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 63 (Suppl 1): 147-8. doi:10.1007/s12070-011-0185-y. PMID 22754868.
- ↑ Miyahara, H.; Matsunaga, T. (1994). "Tornwaldt's disease.". Acta Otolaryngol Suppl 517: 36-9. PMID 7856446.