title: Unusual thymic hyperplasia mimicking lipomatous tumor in an eight-year-old boy with concomitant pericardial lipomatosis and right facial hemihypertrophy.
abstract: We report a case of thymic hyperplasia accompanied by pericardial lipomatosis and right facial hemihypertrophy in an 8-year-old boy. On imaging studies, the hyperplastic thymus had prominent curvilinear and nodular fatty areas simulating a fat-containing anterior mediastinal mass, which is an unusual finding in children. To our knowledge, this is the first report on a child with a combination of thymic hyperplasia, pericardial lipomatosis, and right facial hemihypertrophy. The radiologic findings are presented with a brief discussion.
authors: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea. kimws@radcom.snu.ac.kr
authors: Yoo Jin
authors: YJ
authors: Kim
authors: Woo Sun
authors: WS
authors: Kim
authors: Jung-Eun
authors: JE
authors: Cheon
authors: Yun-Jung
authors: YJ
authors: Lim
authors: In-One
authors: IO
authors: Kim
authors: Kyung Mo
authors: KM
authors: Yeon
authors: Kyeong Cheon
authors: KC
authors: Jung
authors: Sun-Ju
authors: SJ
authors: Byun
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