Concurrent development of a thymic cyst and mediastinal Hodgkin's disease.
A case is presented of a young adult female who presented with nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease and a mediastinal mass that proved to be a thymic cyst. Prior to this illness, a chest x-ray had been obtained that did not show a mediastinal mass. This case illustrates that thymic cysts may arise simultaneously with mediastinal Hodgkin's disease, rather than as a result of treatment or being present congenitally.
Kaesberg
P R
PR
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
Foley
D B
DB
Pellett
J
J
Hafez
G R
GR
Ershler
W B
WB
D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*