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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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	thymic cyst mediastinal incidence Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e99d0c73207d4a25a3bde29479682e582021-12-02T15:00:52ZMEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALEdoi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v70iSuppl-4.60100030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/e99d0c73207d4a25a3bde29479682e582020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/6010https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Thymic 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.Musfirah SiddiqueWajahat Javed MirzaNasir KhanShahida MajeedImran KhanArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlethymic cystmediastinalincidenceMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 4, Pp 909-911 (2020)
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spellingShingle	thymic cyst mediastinal incidence Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Musfirah Siddique Wajahat Javed Mirza Nasir Khan Shahida Majeed Imran Khan MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE
description	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.
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author	Musfirah Siddique Wajahat Javed Mirza Nasir Khan Shahida Majeed Imran Khan
author_facet	Musfirah Siddique Wajahat Javed Mirza Nasir Khan Shahida Majeed Imran Khan
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title	MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE
title_short	MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE
title_full	MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE
title_fullStr	MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE
title_full_unstemmed	MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE
title_sort	mediastinal thymic cyst in a 50-year-old male
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/e99d0c73207d4a25a3bde29479682e58
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MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE

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