title: Sonographic diagnosis of a huge necrotizing thymic cyst.
abstract: We report on a 10-year-old boy with a huge right-sided thoracic mass. The chest radiograph, ultrasonography CT and laboratory data were suspicious of an abscess-forming pneumonia. Following unsuccessful antibiotic treatment the mass was surgically removed. Histological examination revealed a huge necrotizing thymic cyst.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Clinic of Bamberg, Germany.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Deeg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bellingrath
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography