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Case Reports
. 2008 Dec;100(6):476-7.

Thymoma arising in the wall of a thymic cyst

S Ascani  1 , A Carloni, C Agostinelli, E Martini, I Bravi, S A Pileri
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  • PMID: 19475891
Case Reports

Thymoma arising in the wall of a thymic cyst

S Ascani et al. Pathologica. 2008 Dec.

Abstract

A 54-year-old male, non smoker, began to suffer from persistent dyspnoea and fever. X-ray and CT scan showed a cystic lesion located in the left anterior mediastinum. This lesion was removed instead of the initially scheduled surgical resection with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) preceded by fine needle aspiration (FNA). A diagnosis of thymoma arising in the wall of thymic cyst was made. Such a rare tumour should be taken into consideration in treating patients with a cystic mediastinal lesion, before VATS and FNA.

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