Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case

Thymoma is a rare tumor arising from the epithelium of the thymus gland and is usually located in the anterior mediastinum. Ectopic thymoma is very rare and can be located in the neck, trachea, lung, and pleura. Through this manuscript, we report a rare case of a 50-year-old woman presenting with dy...

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Autores principales: Bouardi, Nizar El, Haloua, Meriem, Lamrani, Youssef Alaoui, Boubbou, Meriem, Maaroufi, Mustapha, Alami, Baderddine
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/PMC8732332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35024078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.12.019
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author Bouardi, Nizar El
Haloua, Meriem
Lamrani, Youssef Alaoui
Boubbou, Meriem
Maaroufi, Mustapha
Alami, Baderddine
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description Thymoma is a rare tumor arising from the epithelium of the thymus gland and is usually located in the anterior mediastinum. Ectopic thymoma is very rare and can be located in the neck, trachea, lung, and pleura. Through this manuscript, we report a rare case of a 50-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea and recurrent pleural effusion. Her computed tomography of the thorax showed a unilateral left pleural mass. Biopsy of the pleural mass confirmed the diagnosis of pleural thymoma and she was started on chemotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported pleural thymoma in our region.
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spelling pubmed-87323322022-01-11 Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case Bouardi, Nizar El Haloua, Meriem Lamrani, Youssef Alaoui Boubbou, Meriem Maaroufi, Mustapha Alami, Baderddine Radiol Case Rep Case Report Thymoma is a rare tumor arising from the epithelium of the thymus gland and is usually located in the anterior mediastinum. Ectopic thymoma is very rare and can be located in the neck, trachea, lung, and pleura. Through this manuscript, we report a rare case of a 50-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea and recurrent pleural effusion. Her computed tomography of the thorax showed a unilateral left pleural mass. Biopsy of the pleural mass confirmed the diagnosis of pleural thymoma and she was started on chemotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported pleural thymoma in our region. Elsevier 2021-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8732332/ /pubmed/35024078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.12.019 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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Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case
title Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case
title_full Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case
title_fullStr Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case
title_full_unstemmed Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case
title_short Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case
title_sort pleural thymoma: a rare cause of pleural mass. about one case
topic Case Report
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.12.019
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