title: [Large, multilocular thymus cyst with compression of the left lung].
abstract: Thymic cysts are rare, generally asymptomatic lesions, which in most cases are discovered incidentally on the chest x-ray and are localized in the anterior compartment of the mediastinum or in the neck. We report the case of a 41 year old man, who developed a compression of the left lung and a protuberance of the left chest wall as a result of multilocular thymic cyst with an exceptional volume of 2 litres.
authors.affiliation: Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kirsten
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Magnussen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology