A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child

We report a new case of a mediastinal mass in a 19-year-old patient corresponding microscopically to an association of unilocular thymic cyst and true thymic hyperplasia. Our aim is to highlight the absence of specificity of clinical and radiological findings and the necessity of a thorough sampling...

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Autores principales: Mlika, Mona, Gattoufi, Walid, Zribi, Hazem, Braham, Emna, Marghli, Adel, El Mezni, Faouzi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4590429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445562
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S84144
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author Mlika, Mona
Gattoufi, Walid
Zribi, Hazem
Braham, Emna
Marghli, Adel
El Mezni, Faouzi
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description We report a new case of a mediastinal mass in a 19-year-old patient corresponding microscopically to an association of unilocular thymic cyst and true thymic hyperplasia. Our aim is to highlight the absence of specificity of clinical and radiological findings and the necessity of a thorough sampling of the tumor in order to establish the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-45904292015-10-06 A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child Mlika, Mona Gattoufi, Walid Zribi, Hazem Braham, Emna Marghli, Adel El Mezni, Faouzi Int Med Case Rep J Case Report We report a new case of a mediastinal mass in a 19-year-old patient corresponding microscopically to an association of unilocular thymic cyst and true thymic hyperplasia. Our aim is to highlight the absence of specificity of clinical and radiological findings and the necessity of a thorough sampling of the tumor in order to establish the diagnosis. Dove Medical Press 2015-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4590429/ /pubmed/26445562 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S84144 Text en © 2015 Mlika et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Mlika, Mona
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Zribi, Hazem
Braham, Emna
Marghli, Adel
El Mezni, Faouzi
A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child
title A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child
title_full A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child
title_fullStr A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child
title_full_unstemmed A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child
title_short A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child
title_sort unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4590429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445562
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S84144
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