Publication Name	World Journal of Clinical Cases
Manuscript ID	94123
Country	Slovakia

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Category	Anatomy & Morphology
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Enigmatic thymus: Variations in anatomical localisation of thymic tissue as an easily misdiagnosed congenital anomaly in surgical practice
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Alexander Mayer, Jaroslav Voller and Ivan Varga
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Ivan Varga http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0918-741X
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Corresponding Author	Ivan Varga, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Spitalska Street 24, Bratislava 81372, Slovakia. ivan.varga@fmed.uniba.sk
Key Words	Thymus; Thymic anomalies; Thymic ectopy; Congenital cervical thymic cyst; Embryonic development
Core Tip	In this editorial, we comment on a case report by Sun et al, entitled: Multilocular thymic cysts can be easily misdiagnosed as malignant tumor on computer tomography. We focus specifically on the pertinence of establishing a diagnosis in clinical practice of the ectopically localised tissue of thymus, especially in the case of cystic variation of this thymic tissue. We also summarise lesser-known facts about the anatomy, histopathology and developmental biology of the human thymus as one of the most enigmatic organs in the human body.
Publish Date	2024-07-17 05:55
Citation	<p>Mayer A, Voller J, Varga I. Enigmatic thymus: Variations in anatomical localisation of thymic tissue as an easily misdiagnosed congenital anomaly in surgical practice. <i>World J Clin Cases</i> 2024; 12(25): 5646-5652</p>
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v12/i25/5646.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v12.i25.5646

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