Giant thymolipoma: case report of an unusual mediastinal tumor.

Autor: Obeso Carillo GA; Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España. Electronic address: andresobca@hotmail.com., García Fontán EM; Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España., Cañizares Carretero MÁ; Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España.
Jazyk: English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Archivos de bronconeumologia [Arch Bronconeumol] 2014 Dec; Vol. 50 (12), pp. 557-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jun 27.
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2013.11.028
Abstrakt: Thymolipoma is an uncommon benign neoplasm of the thymus composed of mature adipose and thymic tissue. The diagnosis of thymolipoma should be considered in the case of a mediastinal mass with fat density, especially if it is interspersed with strands of soft tissue attenuation on computed tomography scans. However, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate radiologically between a thymolipoma and other mediastinal fatty tumors. Here we present a patient with a huge mediastinal mass that proved to be a thymolipoma.
(Copyright © 2013 SEPAR. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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