title: Langerhans cell histiocytosis: coexistence of bronchogenic and thymic cysts in the thymus.
abstract: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a disease caused by the proliferation of Langerhans cells in various tissues or organs. A 43-year-old male patient presented with an anterior mediastinal mass in the thymus. Histological examination after a thymectomy revealed a bronchogenic cyst in the thymus, and multiple LCH and small thymic cysts were also incidentally observed in the thymus. Unifocal LCH in an adult occurring in the thymus is extremely rare. Furthermore, no cases of LCH with the coexistence of bronchogenic and thymic cysts in the thymus have been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department of Respiratory Center, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Kandaizumicho-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8643, Japan. ryjkwn@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Enjo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: Fumitomo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013934:Thymectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed