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Two Thymomas of Different Histological Subtypes Arising in a Giant Thymolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Thymolipoma is a rare benign tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Only a few reports describing thymoma arising within a thymolipoma have been documented in the literature. We report herein a detailed description of thymolipoma giving rise to 2 thymomas of different histological subtypes. A 74-year-ol...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10315867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36437637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10668969221137523 |
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description | Thymolipoma is a rare benign tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Only a few reports describing thymoma arising within a thymolipoma have been documented in the literature. We report herein a detailed description of thymolipoma giving rise to 2 thymomas of different histological subtypes. A 74-year-old male with history of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma gradually developed 2 soft tissue nodules within a large right hemithorax fatty mass that was present for the past 20 years. Computed tomography (CT)-guided needle biopsy revealed one of the soft tissue nodules to be a thymoma, and the entire mass was surgically resected. Final pathological examination demonstrated the mass to be a thymolipoma containing a micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma as well as a WHO type B1 thymoma. No evidence of disease recurrence was seen at the time of his 7-year follow-up. This case documents a rare presentation of thymolipoma harboring 2 thymomas of different histological subtypes and highlights the need for early surgical resection of thymolipomas, as they may harbor malignant nodules. |
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spelling | pubmed-103158672023-07-04 Two Thymomas of Different Histological Subtypes Arising in a Giant Thymolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature Daniel, Vincent C. Shilo, Konstantin Int J Surg Pathol Case Reports Thymolipoma is a rare benign tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Only a few reports describing thymoma arising within a thymolipoma have been documented in the literature. We report herein a detailed description of thymolipoma giving rise to 2 thymomas of different histological subtypes. A 74-year-old male with history of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma gradually developed 2 soft tissue nodules within a large right hemithorax fatty mass that was present for the past 20 years. Computed tomography (CT)-guided needle biopsy revealed one of the soft tissue nodules to be a thymoma, and the entire mass was surgically resected. Final pathological examination demonstrated the mass to be a thymolipoma containing a micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma as well as a WHO type B1 thymoma. No evidence of disease recurrence was seen at the time of his 7-year follow-up. This case documents a rare presentation of thymolipoma harboring 2 thymomas of different histological subtypes and highlights the need for early surgical resection of thymolipomas, as they may harbor malignant nodules. SAGE Publications 2022-11-27 2023-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10315867/ /pubmed/36437637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10668969221137523 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Daniel, Vincent C. Shilo, Konstantin Two Thymomas of Different Histological Subtypes Arising in a Giant Thymolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title | Two Thymomas of Different Histological Subtypes Arising in a Giant Thymolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_full | Two Thymomas of Different Histological Subtypes Arising in a Giant Thymolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_fullStr | Two Thymomas of Different Histological Subtypes Arising in a Giant Thymolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Two Thymomas of Different Histological Subtypes Arising in a Giant Thymolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_short | Two Thymomas of Different Histological Subtypes Arising in a Giant Thymolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_sort | two thymomas of different histological subtypes arising in a giant thymolipoma: case report and review of the literature |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10315867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36437637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10668969221137523 |
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