Giant thymolipoma: case report of an unusual mediastinal tumor.
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چکیده
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 and other mediastinal fatty tumors. Here we present a patient with a huge mediastinal mass that proved to be a thymolipoma.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archivos de bronconeumologia
دوره 50 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014