title: Thymic Cyst Popping Up in a Patient With Congenital Heart Disease.
abstract: The unusual case of a thymic cyst emerging and rapidly expanding, mimicking hence a right atrial aneurysm in an asymptomatic patient with congenital heart disease is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Meletios A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kanakis
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Cardiology, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Danias
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece achatzis1955@gmail.com achatzis@hotmail.gr.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chatzis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: congenital heart disease; mediastinal tumor; thymectomy; thymus