title: Ectopic thymoma simulating a pericardial cyst.
abstract: We present a case of a 53 year old man with a thymoma near the pericardium, a rare ectopic localisation of thymoma. A round radiodensity found at the right cardiophrenic angle was initially suspected at the echocardiography to be a pericardial cyst. The diagnosis of thymoma was made only after histopathological examination of the surgically re-sected lesion.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, University of Ferrara, Italy. Crm@unife.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caramori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Calia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pasquini
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ravenna
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Guzzinati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boniotti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cavazzini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciaccia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavallesco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papi
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed