Ectopic thymoma simulating a pericardial cyst.
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.
Caramori
G
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Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, University of Ferrara, Italy. Crm@unife.it
Calia
N
N
Pasquini
C
C
Arar
O
O
Ravenna
F
F
Guzzinati
I
I
Boniotti
A
A
Cavazzini
L
L
Ciaccia
A
A
Cavallesco
G
G
Papi
A
A
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