title: Multilocular thymic cyst associated with mature mediastinal teratoma: a report of 2 cases.
abstract: Acquired thymic cysts are multilocular and show florid xanthomatous and myofibroblastic inflammation. They usually occur in association with mediastinal neoplasms, systemic autoimmune diseases, or trauma. We describe 2 cases (in a 12-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy) of acquired thymic cysts occurring in association with cystic teratomas, an association that to our knowledge has not been described previously in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, DallasTex 75235, USA. dinesh.rakheja@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rakheja
authors.forename: Arthur G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Weinberg
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology