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, and electrocardiography also gave normal results. Ultrasound examination was unhelpful. Cardiac catheterisation and angiocardiography did not show any cardiac abnormalities. The patient was then referred to a thoracic