Giant thymolipoma: case report of an unusual mediastinal tumor

Gerardo Andrés Obeso Carillo; Eva María García Fontán; Miguel Ángel Cañizares Carretero

doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2013.11.028

Giant thymolipoma: case report of an unusual mediastinal tumor

Arch Bronconeumol. 2014 Dec;50(12):557-9. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2013.11.028. Epub 2014 Jun 27.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Gerardo Andrés Obeso Carillo¹, Eva María García Fontán², Miguel Ángel Cañizares Carretero²

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España.

PMID: 24985048
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2013.11.028

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Diagnóstico; Mediastinal tumor; Thymolipoma; Timolipoma; Tumor mediastínico.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnostic Imaging
Female
Humans
Lipoma / diagnosis
Lipoma / pathology*
Lipoma / surgery
Thoracotomy
Thymoma / diagnosis
Thymoma / pathology*
Thymoma / surgery
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnosis
Thymus Neoplasms / pathology*
Thymus Neoplasms / surgery