Primary Intrapulmonary Thymoma Appearing as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: The “Master of Disguise” of Lung Tumors?: Case Report

Primary intrapulmonary thymomas (PITs) are defined as thymomas arising in intrapulmonary locations, without an associated mediastinal component. They are rare lesions, the diagnosis of which can be very difficult. We present a case of PIT in an asymptomatic 74-year-old woman in whom pulmonary nodule...

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Autores principales: Krassas, Athanasios, Diamantis, Ioannis, Karampinis, Ioannis, Vgenopoulou, Stefani, Misthos, Panagiotis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8548194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33293484
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.20.116
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author Krassas, Athanasios
Diamantis, Ioannis
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Vgenopoulou, Stefani
Misthos, Panagiotis
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description Primary intrapulmonary thymomas (PITs) are defined as thymomas arising in intrapulmonary locations, without an associated mediastinal component. They are rare lesions, the diagnosis of which can be very difficult. We present a case of PIT in an asymptomatic 74-year-old woman in whom pulmonary nodules were found on pulmonary angiography performed for an episode of pulmonary embolism. She underwent wedge resection and the pathology report revealed a PIT. We also summarize this patient’s clinicopathological features and discuss the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of PIT.
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spelling pubmed-85481942021-11-05 Primary Intrapulmonary Thymoma Appearing as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: The “Master of Disguise” of Lung Tumors?: Case Report Krassas, Athanasios Diamantis, Ioannis Karampinis, Ioannis Vgenopoulou, Stefani Misthos, Panagiotis J Chest Surg Case Report Primary intrapulmonary thymomas (PITs) are defined as thymomas arising in intrapulmonary locations, without an associated mediastinal component. They are rare lesions, the diagnosis of which can be very difficult. We present a case of PIT in an asymptomatic 74-year-old woman in whom pulmonary nodules were found on pulmonary angiography performed for an episode of pulmonary embolism. She underwent wedge resection and the pathology report revealed a PIT. We also summarize this patient’s clinicopathological features and discuss the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of PIT. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021-10-05 2021-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8548194/ /pubmed/33293484 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.20.116 Text en Copyright © The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021. All right reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Primary Intrapulmonary Thymoma Appearing as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: The “Master of Disguise” of Lung Tumors?: Case Report
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title_full Primary Intrapulmonary Thymoma Appearing as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: The “Master of Disguise” of Lung Tumors?: Case Report
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title_short Primary Intrapulmonary Thymoma Appearing as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: The “Master of Disguise” of Lung Tumors?: Case Report
title_sort primary intrapulmonary thymoma appearing as a solitary pulmonary nodule: the “master of disguise” of lung tumors?: case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8548194/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.20.116
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