Pediatric Thymoma with a Difference: Report of a Case and Review of Literature

Thymoma represents <1% of all mediastinal tumors in children. Less than 50 cases of pediatric thymoma are reported in the literature. Thymomas are considered to be highly aggressive in pediatric patients, especially when age is <10 years. Paraneoplastic syndromes, of which around 70% are myast...

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Autores principales: Saha, Sudipta, Suhani, Suhani, Basak, Animesh, Agarwal, Nitin, Dewan, Pooja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4290043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25598946
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.147263
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author Saha, Sudipta
Suhani, Suhani
Basak, Animesh
Agarwal, Nitin
Dewan, Pooja
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description Thymoma represents <1% of all mediastinal tumors in children. Less than 50 cases of pediatric thymoma are reported in the literature. Thymomas are considered to be highly aggressive in pediatric patients, especially when age is <10 years. Paraneoplastic syndromes, of which around 70% are myasthenia gravis, correlate with poor prognosis. In this article, we report a case of a thymoma in an 8-year-old boy, who had favorable histopathology (Masaoka stage I, WHO type B2), despite the presence of young age and necrosis along with absence of myasthenia gravis. We have also reviewed the available literature on pediatric thymoma.
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spelling pubmed-42900432015-01-16 Pediatric Thymoma with a Difference: Report of a Case and Review of Literature Saha, Sudipta Suhani, Suhani Basak, Animesh Agarwal, Nitin Dewan, Pooja J Surg Tech Case Rep Case Report Thymoma represents <1% of all mediastinal tumors in children. Less than 50 cases of pediatric thymoma are reported in the literature. Thymomas are considered to be highly aggressive in pediatric patients, especially when age is <10 years. Paraneoplastic syndromes, of which around 70% are myasthenia gravis, correlate with poor prognosis. In this article, we report a case of a thymoma in an 8-year-old boy, who had favorable histopathology (Masaoka stage I, WHO type B2), despite the presence of young age and necrosis along with absence of myasthenia gravis. We have also reviewed the available literature on pediatric thymoma. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4290043/ /pubmed/25598946 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.147263 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4290043/
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