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A Rare Cause of Acute Respiratory Distress

Dennis M. McLeod, MD; Eugene J. Karandy, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1981;107(3):179-180.

Abstract
• Aberrant thymic tissue in the neck is a rare occurrence and has not been implicated as a cause of acute respiratory distress. We report a case in which a 6-week-old infant suffered an acute respiratory arrest, was successfully resuscitated, and had an uneventful recovery. At 3 months of age, a large congenital cervical mass was excised. Pathologic diagnosis was aberrant thymus. There is a retrospective correlation between the respiratory arrest and the cervical mass.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1981;107:179-180)

Author Affiliations
From the Kaiser Foundations Hospitals, Oakland, Calif. Dr McLeod is currently with the Ross Valley Medical Clinic, Greenbrae, Calif.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 7, 1980.

Reprints not available.

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