title: [Rare localization of a monstrous thymoma in the anterior inferior mediastinum].
abstract: 90% of all thymomas are localized in the anterior-superior mediastinum, seldom in the inferior or posterior mediastinum. We report the rare case of a 61 year-old female patient who presented with a large thymoma of the anterior-inferior mediastinum with the chief complaint of position-dependent dyspnoea secondary to compression of the left lung. Surgical resection of a tumor weighing 1053 g was successfully performed and 8 months postoperatively the patients is asymptomatic and without evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie, Universität zu Köln, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Selzner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Mönig
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed