giant thymolipoma mimicking cardiomegaly

Giant Thymolipoma Mimicking Cardiomegaly

A 28-year-old man presented with a chest radiograph strongly suggestive for cardiomegaly. Although he did not consent any hemodynamic studies, cardiomegaly was ruled out on the basis of the clinical course. Computed tomography showed the existence of a large mass in both sides of the heart and in both lower hemithoraces. The tumor was resected by anterior mediastinotomy; it was weighted 2100 g ...

Thymolipoma simulating cardiomegaly: use of computed tomography in diagnosis.

A 22-year-old woman was originally referred to a cardiologist because of an abnormal chest radiograph (fig 1) obtained during a routine medical examination. The patient admitted to having had increasing dyspnoea for about one year and for this reason had discontinued her studies as a nurse six months previously. At the cardiological examination pulse, blood pressure, heart sounds were normal, a...

Cecal Giant Lipoma Mimicking Malignancy

Giant mediastinal thymolipoma in 35-year-old women.

The patient was 35-year-old women with a six-month history of difficulty breathing and chest pain. An anterior-posterior chest radiograph revealed a widened mediastinum with small lung volumes. During his diagnostic evaluation, a computed tomographic scan was performed and with huge mass in the anterior mediastinum with extension to the left and right side of pleural space. With postero-lateral...

Giant thymolipoma: case report of an unusual mediastinal tumor.

Thymolipoma is an uncommon benign neoplasm of the thymus composed of mature adipose and thymic tissue. The diagnosis of thymolipoma should be considered in the case of a mediastinal mass with fat density, especially if it is interspersed with strands of soft tissue attenuation on computed tomography scans. However, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate radiologically between a thymolipoma ...

Asymptomatic giant mediastinal mass: a rare case of thymolipoma.

Thymolipoma is a very rare benign neoplasm of the thymus. We present the case of a 42-year-old male with a massive mediastinal tumor discovered on a chest X-ray after a motorcycle accident. The patient had no complaints, and his physical examination was unremarkable. Chest CT scans revealed a lipomatous mass containing areas of soft tissue density. The patient was submitted to median sternotomy...