Symptomatic giant thymolipoma in a child

Thymolipomas are slow-growing benign tumors arising from the thymus. They are rare in children, are usually asymptomatic, and can attain enormous size at diagnosis. Contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CECT) scan characterizes the thymolipomas as a fat-attenuating lesions in the anterior media...

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Autores principales: Joseph, Haritha Therese, Rathi, Rohit Kumar, Goel, Himanshu, Bal, Sabyasachi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37148028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_5_23
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description Thymolipomas are slow-growing benign tumors arising from the thymus. They are rare in children, are usually asymptomatic, and can attain enormous size at diagnosis. Contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CECT) scan characterizes the thymolipomas as a fat-attenuating lesions in the anterior mediastinum. Surgical excision provides relief from symptoms and is the definitive management. We report a case of a symptomatic giant thymolipoma in a 5-year child to highlight issues in diagnosis and management.
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spelling pubmed-102988302023-06-28 Symptomatic giant thymolipoma in a child Joseph, Haritha Therese Rathi, Rohit Kumar Goel, Himanshu Bal, Sabyasachi Lung India Case Report Thymolipomas are slow-growing benign tumors arising from the thymus. They are rare in children, are usually asymptomatic, and can attain enormous size at diagnosis. Contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CECT) scan characterizes the thymolipomas as a fat-attenuating lesions in the anterior mediastinum. Surgical excision provides relief from symptoms and is the definitive management. We report a case of a symptomatic giant thymolipoma in a 5-year child to highlight issues in diagnosis and management. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10298830/ /pubmed/37148028 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_5_23 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Chest Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37148028
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_5_23
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