title: [An operative case of thymic cyst with thymoma;report of a case].
abstract: Thymic cyst with thymoma is a rare disease. A 67-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for right chest pain and cough. Mass shadow in the right hilum was detected in the chest radiograph. Chest computed tomography( CT) revealed a cystic mass with partially thickened wall suggesting solid tumor at the anterior mediastinum. The tumor was resected by median sternotomy. Histopathological finding was a multilocular thymic cyst with thymoma of spindle cell type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamae
authors.forename: Syuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zennami
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed