A case of cervical lymphoepithelial cyst

Year 2007, Volume: 17 Issue: 6, 339 - 342, 24.11.2007

Alper Nabi Erkan Filiz Aka Bolat İsmail Yılmaz Fikret Kıroğlu

Abstract

Lymphoepithelial cysts are usually benign lesions of unknovvn etiopathogenesis. They develop in the lateral aspect of the neck and their diagnosis is mainly made with histopathologic examination. Total excision is the primary method for treatment. A 43- year-old woman presented with a svvelling on the left side of her neck. Computed tomography of the neck shovved a cystic lesion. Fine needle aspiration cytol- ogy yielded a diagnosis of benign epithelial cyst. The lesion was totally excised. Histopathologic examina- tion of the specimen was reported as lymphoepithe­ lial cyst. No complications were encountered in the postoperative period.

Keywords

Branchioma, head and neck neoplasms, lymphoid tissue/pathology

Servikal lenfoepitelyal kist: Olgu sunumu

Abstract

Lenfoepitelyal kistler etyolojisi tam olarak bilinme- yen, genellikle benign karakterli, nadiren malignite gösteren kistlerdir. Boyun lateralinde görülen bu kistlerin tanısı esas olarak histopatolojik inceleme ile konur. Total eksizyon tedavide esas yöntemdir. Kırk üç yaşında kadın hasta boynunun sol tarafında şişlik yakınmasıyla başvurdu. Bilgisayarlı boyun tomog- rafisinde saptanan kistik kitleden alınan ince iğne aspirasyon sitolojisi sonucunun benign epitelyal kist olarak bildirilmesi üzerine kitle total olarak eksize edildi. Eksize edilen kitlenin histopatolojik inceleme- si lenfoepitelyal kist olarak bildirildi. Ameliyat sonra- sı dönemde herhangi bir sorunla karşılaşılmadı

Keywords

Brankioma, baş boyun neoplazileri, lenfoid doku/patoloji

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