title: Thymoma type B1 arising in a giant supradiaphragmatic thymolipoma.
abstract: Thymolipomas are uncommon tumors of the anterior mediastinum. They may extend into, but rarely stem from, the chest cavity. Furthermore, thymoma arising in a thymolipoma is extremely rare. We report a unique case of thymoma type B1 that originated form a giant thymolipoma located in the chest cavity, which was resected by a lateral thoracotomy in a 23-year-old woman. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of thymoma type B1 arising within a giant thymolipoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey tevfikkaplan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Tevfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Unsal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gokce Kaan
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Atac
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Iskenderun State Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Lipoma; Mediastinal neoplasms; Neoplasms; Thymoma; Thymus Neoplasms; multiple primary