Benign thymic cyst following mantle radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.
The case history of a patient who was treated for Stage IA Hodgkin's disease involving the left supraclavicular region is presented. Shortly after mantle field radiation therapy she developed a mass in the anterior mediastinum. Histological examination of the lesion revealed it to be a benign cyst of the thymus. We consider it important that the possibility of the existence of such a benign growth be considered when a mediastinal mass appears in a patient treated for Hodgkin's disease, before more intensive tumour therapy is given.
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed