Pleural thymoma: A rare cause of pleural mass. About one case.
Pleura
Thymoma
Thymus
Journal
Radiology case reports
ISSN: 1930-0433
Titre abrégé: Radiol Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101467888
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
22
11
2021
revised:
06
12
2021
accepted:
13
12
2021
entrez:
13
1
2022
pubmed:
14
1
2022
medline:
14
1
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35024078
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.12.019
pii: S1930-0433(21)00878-5
pmc: PMC8732332
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
794-797Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington.
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