title: Ectopic pleural thymoma presenting as a giant mass in the thoracic cavity.
abstract: We describe a rare case of a giant thymoma that developed in the right thoracic cavity, and seemed to originate from the visceral pleura. We believe that there have been few reports of thymoma developing from such an unusual origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. yamazaki@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oba
authors.forename: Tomofumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yohena
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Tetsuzo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: Daigo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koso
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed