Cervical thymoma
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An unusual cervical thymoma.
A 48-year old woman was admitted because of cervical mass. The computed tomography of the chest showed a lobulated mass (Fig. 1a and b). The tumour was removed with a cervical mediastinal approach. On microscopic examination, the tumour consisted of an epithelial-cell-rich thymoma (Fig. 2). The patient's postoperative course was uneventful at the 2-year follow-up. Figure 1: Lobulated, heterogen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sao Paulo Medical Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1516-3180
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31801999000300008