2013
DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20130063
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Giant thymic cyst with atypical location: case report

Abstract: ResumoPaciente do sexo feminino, 47 anos, admitida com queixa de dispneia aos pequenos esforços como único sintoma. Exames clí-nico, eletrocardiográfico e de laboratório normais. Radiografia de tórax demonstrou massa em base de hemitórax direito, que a tomografia computadorizada de tórax revelou tratar-se de massa cística bem delimitada, medindo cerca de 11,3 x 10,6 x 10,9 cm, sugerindo o diagnóstico de cisto pericárdico. A paciente foi submetida a toracotomia direita para ressecção do cisto. A paciente evolui… Show more

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“…According with the literature, this pathological condition could have been caused by skin tissue islands and fat migrating into the mediastinum during the first two surgical procedures. 3,4 We think these microscopic and ectopic islands grew inside the thymus over the years, to achieve the volume that was eventually excised.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According with the literature, this pathological condition could have been caused by skin tissue islands and fat migrating into the mediastinum during the first two surgical procedures. 3,4 We think these microscopic and ectopic islands grew inside the thymus over the years, to achieve the volume that was eventually excised.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%