title: Solitary fibrous tumor arising from hyperplastic thymus.
abstract: One case of a solitary fibrous tumor arising from the hyperplastic thymus is recorded. The patient was a 37-year-old female who presented with an anterior mediastinal mass. Thoracotomy was performed and revealed that the tumor arose on a pedicle from the posteroinferior surface of the enlarged thymus. The pathologic findings were characteristic of a solitary fibrous tumor. This is a very rare neoplasm that occurred in the mediastinum and had evidence of thymus gland in origin.
authors.affiliation: Central Chest Hospital, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tangthangtham
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chonmaitri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Subhannachart
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kasemsarn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed