title: [Thymus lipoma. A rare entity of the thymus. Case report with special consideration of diagnostic imaging].
abstract: This report is on a 37-year-old female patient with an extraordinary large intrapleural tumor on the left, macroscopically originating from mediastinal structures. The tumor was completely removed via transpleural approach without compromising the left lung. It was identified as a thymolipoma with a weight of 2400 g.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg. Bettina.Schlolaut@klinikum-bremen-ost.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schlolaut
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pfannschmidt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hecker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dienemann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmähl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed