Giant thymolipoma in a child: The silent chest mass

Thymolipoma is a rare benign anterior mediastinal tumour of thymic origin containing both thymic and mature adipose tissues. In most cases it has a silent course and can grow to large sizes before presenting with respiratory symptoms. We report a case of a giant thymolipoma in a 4-year-old girl trea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Otido, S, Dangor, Z, Zanini, A, Harrison, D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9639434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36426197
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i3.181
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Sumario:Thymolipoma is a rare benign anterior mediastinal tumour of thymic origin containing both thymic and mature adipose tissues. In most cases it has a silent course and can grow to large sizes before presenting with respiratory symptoms. We report a case of a giant thymolipoma in a 4-year-old girl treated at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, South Africa.

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