Tornwaldt cyst

Tornwaldt cyst is rare benign head and neck thingy.

It can be considered a subset of nasopharyngeal bursitis.

General

• Primitive notochord remnant.
• May be painful.

Gross

• Medial posterior pharyngeal wall.

Image:

• Thornwaldt cyst - endoscopic view (nih.gov).

• 

  Tornwaldt cyst - MRI. (WC)

• 

  Tornwaldt cyst - MRI. (WC)

Sign out

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

• Head and neck pathology
• Ditzels.