title: A case of a resected thymoma in the middle mediastinum.
abstract: We experienced an extremely rare case of a thymoma in the middle mediastinum. A 42-year-old woman presented with a 4-cm-sized abnormal mass in the middle mediastinum by chest computed tomography. To resect this tumor, we performed surgery using the thoracoscopic lateral approach from the right side subsequently followed by a median sternotomy. After the resection of this tumor, the intraoperative quick pathological examination diagnosed this tumor as a thymoma. An extended thymectomy was performed additionally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Institute, Osaka 530-8480, Japan j-tokuno@kitano-hp.or.jp.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tokuno
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Institute, Osaka 530-8480, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
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authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Institute, Osaka 530-8480, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Institute, Osaka 530-8480, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Institute, Osaka 530-8480, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Institute, Osaka 530-8480, Japan.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Institute, Osaka 530-8480, Japan.
authors.forename: Cheng-Long
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Huang
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