title: Middle mediastinal thymoma.
abstract: Thymoma is a common primary neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum. However, it can also arise in other locations, including the neck, the posterior mediastinum, the lung, base of the skull and the pleural cavity. There are only three previous case reports of thymoma located in the middle mediastinum. This report describes a patient together with a review of the literature on middle mediastinal thymoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tsai-Wang
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yeung-Leung
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Ching
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tzao
authors.forename: Hung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Wen-Chiuan
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Shih-Chun
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; 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