Thymic tuberculosis: a case report.
Tuberculosis of the thymus is an extremely rare diagnosis, only three cases having been reported in the literature to date. Clinical, roentgenographic and histopathological findings are presented in a 29-year-old woman. The patient underwent sternotomy for a mediastinal mass suspected to be a thymoma, which was histopathologically diagnosed as thymic tuberculosis.
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Department of Pulmonology, St. Lucas-Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010784:Photomicrography; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology