Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas

Thymolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm of the thymus containing both mature adipose tissue and thymic tissue. We report a case of a 34‐year‐οld man, presenting a mass of the anterior mediastinum, the radiology investigation and operatory piece diagnosed a thymolipoma. This study highlights the clinic...

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Autores principales: Akammar, Amal, Kolani, Sylvie, Benchekroune, Zineb, Bouardi, Nizar EL, Haloua, Meriem, Lamrani, Moulay Youssef Alaoui, Boubbou, Meryem, Serraj, Mounia, Smahi, Mohamed, Maâroufi, Maaroufi, Alami, Badreeddine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8283151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34306289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.06.023
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author Akammar, Amal
Kolani, Sylvie
Benchekroune, Zineb
Bouardi, Nizar EL
Haloua, Meriem
Lamrani, Moulay Youssef Alaoui
Boubbou, Meryem
Serraj, Mounia
Smahi, Mohamed
Maâroufi, Maaroufi
Alami, Badreeddine
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Kolani, Sylvie
Benchekroune, Zineb
Bouardi, Nizar EL
Haloua, Meriem
Lamrani, Moulay Youssef Alaoui
Boubbou, Meryem
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Smahi, Mohamed
Maâroufi, Maaroufi
Alami, Badreeddine
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description Thymolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm of the thymus containing both mature adipose tissue and thymic tissue. We report a case of a 34‐year‐οld man, presenting a mass of the anterior mediastinum, the radiology investigation and operatory piece diagnosed a thymolipoma. This study highlights the clinical diagnostic and therapeutic features as well as the evolutionary characteristics of this entity.
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spelling pubmed-82831512021-07-22 Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas Akammar, Amal Kolani, Sylvie Benchekroune, Zineb Bouardi, Nizar EL Haloua, Meriem Lamrani, Moulay Youssef Alaoui Boubbou, Meryem Serraj, Mounia Smahi, Mohamed Maâroufi, Maaroufi Alami, Badreeddine Radiol Case Rep Case Report Thymolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm of the thymus containing both mature adipose tissue and thymic tissue. We report a case of a 34‐year‐οld man, presenting a mass of the anterior mediastinum, the radiology investigation and operatory piece diagnosed a thymolipoma. This study highlights the clinical diagnostic and therapeutic features as well as the evolutionary characteristics of this entity. Elsevier 2021-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8283151/ /pubmed/34306289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.06.023 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Akammar, Amal
Kolani, Sylvie
Benchekroune, Zineb
Bouardi, Nizar EL
Haloua, Meriem
Lamrani, Moulay Youssef Alaoui
Boubbou, Meryem
Serraj, Mounia
Smahi, Mohamed
Maâroufi, Maaroufi
Alami, Badreeddine
Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas
title Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas
title_full Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas
title_fullStr Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas
title_full_unstemmed Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas
title_short Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas
title_sort rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: thymolipomas
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8283151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34306289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.06.023
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