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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb;69(2):394-397.
doi: 10.1007/s11748-020-01475-3. Epub 2020 Sep 4.

Thymic lipofibroadenoma accompanied with largish calcifications

Shuhei Hakiri  1 , Koji Kawaguchi  2 , Hisashi Tateyama  3 , Takayuki Fukui  2 , Shota Nakamura  2 , Naoki Ozeki  2 , Shunsuke Mori  2 , Toyofumi F Chen-Yoshikawa  2
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Case Reports

Thymic lipofibroadenoma accompanied with largish calcifications

Shuhei Hakiri et al. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

Thymic lipofibroadenomas are extremely rare; their radiological features have never been reported. We report the first case of a lipofibroadenoma with some largish calcifications mimicking a teratoma. A 28-year-old man had an anterior mediastinal tumor with some calcifications on preoperative computed tomography, which was suspected to be a mature teratoma and resected through robot-assisted thoracic surgery. This tumor had strands of epithelial cells separated by abundant fibrous stroma containing fat cells and was thus diagnosed as a lipofibroadenoma. He was well without any recurrence 6 months postoperatively. Largish calcifications on preoperative computed tomography make distinguishing between teratomas and lipfibroadenomas difficult.

Keywords: Calcification; Lipofibroadenoma; Rare thymomas.

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