Cystic thymoma in a child: a rare case and review of the literature.
Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors in pediatrics and cystic thymoma, is characterized by a predominantly cystic formation, is extremely rare. This report describes a 13-year-old girl with cystic thymoma, who was treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The microscopic findings were characteristic of cystic thymoma. The literature on cystic thymoma is reviewed here and the clinical characteristics of cystic thymoma are discussed.
Honda
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan. shohei@sam.hi-ho.ne.jp
Morikawa
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Sasaki
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Okada
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Naito
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Itoh
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Kubota
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Todo
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed