[Large, multilocular thymus cyst with compression of the left lung].
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.
Ludwig
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Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie.
Kirsten
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Nakashima
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Magnussen
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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