MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE

Thymic CYSTs of the mediastinum are rare. It has been reported that their incidence is between 1 to 4.8%. They usually present as an asymptomatic mediastinal mass and are mostly found incidentally. This study reports a rare presentation of a mediastinal thymic CYST in a 50-year-old male, whose chron...

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Autores principales: Musfirah Siddique, Wajahat Javed Mirza, Nasir Khan, Shahida Majeed, Imran Khan
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Publicado: Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/e99d0c73207d4a25a3bde29479682e58
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Sumario:Thymic CYSTs of the mediastinum are rare. It has been reported that their incidence is between 1 to 4.8%. They usually present as an asymptomatic mediastinal mass and are mostly found incidentally. This study reports a rare presentation of a mediastinal thymic CYST in a 50-year-old male, whose chronic right sided chest pain prompted him to visit a local hospital where his chest x-ray revealed a large mediastinal mass at the right cardiophrenic angle. His chest CT revealed a large multilocular hypodense cystic lesion that was resected completely by median sternotomy. On Histopathological examination, Hassals corpuscles confirmed the diagnosis of thymic CYST.