title: Thymic cyst in an unusual site.
abstract: The clinical, operative and histologic findings are presented in a patient with a thymic cyst, an uncommon finding presenting as a pericardial cyst or a cardiomegaly. A review of the literature of this rare condition is presented.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed