title: [Pleural thymoma. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: The authors report a case of pleural tumor discovered in case of thoracic pain in a 72 year old woman. This lesion, discovered on chest X-Ray, developed in the left costo-vertebral groove and was seen as a homogeneous opacity, multilobate, well-defined. CT confirmed the pleural origin, showed a thickening of posterior pleural, a polylobate tumor well-defined on its lung side, non-invasive and of tissue density. Histopathological examination of the operative specimen showed it to be a thymoma with an exceptional localization.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie Centrale, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kadouch
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Thoreux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pencole-Nouveau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kernec
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000196:embryology
vernacular_title: Thymome pleural. A propos d'une observation et revue de la littérature.