bronchogenic cyst and branchial cleft, thyroglossal, thymic, thyroid and enteric duplication cysts, lymphangiomas, dermoid cysts, teratomas and neuromas with the same topography.1 Once diagnosis has been confirmed and any possible inflammation or sepsis have been treated, the treatment of choice is surgery. Choice of the surgical approach is wholly dependent on the topography and size of the cy...

Abstract Background Benign thymic cysts are a rare clinical entity, representing approximately 3% of all mediastinal masses. Thymic can be congenital or acquired. We describe case 58-year-old female with giant benign cyst which entered in differential diagnosis pericardial and effusion. Case presentation A was brought to our hospital due new onset dyspnoea fatigue. She had history liquid mass a...

A 47-year-old woman was admitted with a history of dyspnea on mild exertion as her only symptom. Clinical exam, laboratory tests, and electrocardiography were normal. Chest X-ray demonstrated right hemithorax base mass, and CT scan revealed a well-defined cystic mass measuring approximately 11.3 x 10.6 x 10.9 cm, suggesting the diagnosis of pericardial cyst. The patient underwent right thoracot...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to assess the clinicopathologic features, treatment outcomes, and role of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) in cervical thymic neoplasm involving the thyroid gland or neck. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical and pathologic records of eight patients with cervical thymic neoplasm were reviewed retrospectively. All patients underwent surgical resection, includin...

A 45-year-old caucasian man with progressive dyspnea appeared to have a giant intrathoracic cyst in the anterior mediastinum encasing the heart and compressing both lungs. He underwent successful removal of the cyst through a median sternotomy. Recovery was uneventful. Gross examination revealed a thin-walled cyst filled with clear fluid. Microscopic histopathologic examination revealed a cyst ...

Thyroid carcinoma is the most common endocrine malignancy in the United States with increasing incidence and diagnosis but stable mortality. Differentiated thyroid cancer rarely presents with distant metastases and is associated with a low risk of morbidity and mortality. Despite this, current protocols recommend remnant ablation with radioactive iodine and evaluation for local and distant meta...

A 33-year-old asymptomatic woman was referred to our hospital for evaluation of an abnormal shadow on a chest radiograph. A chest-computed tomogram revealed a cystic, partially solid tumor in the right inferior mediastinum. Following an initial diagnosis of cystic teratoma, surgery was performed. The tumor, a well-encapsulated, thin-walled cyst located within the right inferior lobe of the thym...

Objective: Thymic cysts are rare mediastinal cystic pathologies and have two subtypes namely unilocular multilocular. This study aims to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of thymic compare clinical histopathologic features multilocular (MTCs) (UTCs). Patients Methods: Twenty-three patients with diagnosis cyst between 2012 2020 were included. We compared cysts. Results: The mea...