title: [Multilocular thymic cyst].
abstract: We describe a case of multilocular thymic cyst with severe acute inflammation. A 23-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a sudden onset of chest pain and high fever. A computed tomography scan showed multilocular cystic lesion at anterior mediastinum. We resected the tumor with the thymus by median sternotomy. Macroscopically, the mediastinal mass showed thick-walled multiloculated cavities filled with turbid yellow fluid. Histological examination revealed that the tumor was a multilocular thymic cyst which is reported by Suster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toyota Memorial Hospital, Toyota, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uragami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasugai
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult