title: Giant thymolipoma: case report of an unusual mediastinal tumor.
abstract: Thymolipoma is an uncommon benign neoplasm of the thymus composed of mature adipose and thymic tissue. The diagnosis of thymolipoma should be considered in the case of a mediastinal mass with fat density, especially if it is interspersed with strands of soft tissue attenuation on computed tomography scans. However, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate radiologically between a thymolipoma and other mediastinal fatty tumors. Here we present a patient with a huge mediastinal mass that proved to be a thymolipoma.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España. Electronic address: andresobca@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Gerardo Andrés
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Obeso Carillo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España.
authors.forename: Eva María
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: García Fontán
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, España.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Cañizares Carretero
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Diagnosis; Diagnóstico; Mediastinal tumor; Thymolipoma; Timolipoma; Tumor mediastínico