[An operative case of thymic cyst with thymoma;report of a case]

Kyobu Geka. 2014 Jul;67(7):595-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Thymic cyst with thymoma is a rare disease. A 67-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for right chest pain and cough. Mass shadow in the right hilum was detected in the chest radiograph. Chest computed tomography( CT) revealed a cystic mass with partially thickened wall suggesting solid tumor at the anterior mediastinum. The tumor was resected by median sternotomy. Histopathological finding was a multilocular thymic cyst with thymoma of spindle cell type.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mediastinal Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinal Cyst / surgery*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Thymoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Thymoma / surgery*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Thymus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thymus Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed