title: Ectopic thymic tissue simulating--a posterior mediastinal mass.
abstract: A 4-month-old male child underwent a thoracotomy for a suspected posterior mediastinal mass. Ectopic thymic tissue was found. Ectopic thymic tissue should be included in the differential diagnosis of a posterior mediastinal mass in a child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qatif Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: al-Salem
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013950:Thymus Gland; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed