title: Ectopic intrapleural thymoma: a rare location in the thoracic cavity.
abstract: We present a patient with a large thymoma on the right thoracic cavity developing from the visceral pleura. This is a rare location for this tumour, and only a few had been reported to date in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK analopez1000@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Marco
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: Naail
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Zuhir
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kornaszewska