Posterior Mediastinal Thymus: Case Report and Literature Review

BACKGROUND: The incidence of aberrant thymus in the posterior mediastinum is very uncommon. It is difficult to exclude malignancy before surgical procedure. CASE PRESENTATION: In a six-month-old male coughing for two weeks prior to admission a posterior mediastinal mass was found incidentally by che...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Lihua, Sun, Baiping, Zheng, Yulong, Du, Lizhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056822
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The incidence of aberrant thymus in the posterior mediastinum is very uncommon. It is difficult to exclude malignancy before surgical procedure. CASE PRESENTATION: In a six-month-old male coughing for two weeks prior to admission a posterior mediastinal mass was found incidentally by chest roentgenogram. Thoracotomy was performed. Histologic study revealed normal thymic tissue. CONCLUSION: When a mass located in the posterior mediastinum, ectopic thymus should be included in differential diagnosis. Imaging techniques may spare thoracotomy. Ectopic thymus has a benign clinical course, and surgical resection is not recommended.

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