title: Pediatric thymoma with a difference: report of a case and review of literature.
abstract: Thymoma represents <1% of all mediastinal tumors in children. Less than 50 cases of pediatric thymoma are reported in the literature. Thymomas are considered to be highly aggressive in pediatric patients, especially when age is <10 years. Paraneoplastic syndromes, of which around 70% are myasthenia gravis, correlate with poor prognosis. In this article, we report a case of a thymoma in an 8-year-old boy, who had favorable histopathology (Masaoka stage I, WHO type B2), despite the presence of young age and necrosis along with absence of myasthenia gravis. We have also reviewed the available literature on pediatric thymoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sudipta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Suhani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suhani
authors.affiliation: University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Animesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.affiliation: University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dewan
keywords: Masaoka; mediastinum; myasthenia gravis; thymoma