Current Thoracic Surgery
2020 , Vol 5 , Issue 1
A rare case of giant thymolipoma
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Süreyyapasa Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
DOI :
10.26663/cts.2020.0009
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Thymolipoma is one of the benign pathologies of the mediastinum that may reach large sizes over
time and even become a giant mass that fills the hemithorax. It may cause respiratory distress and even
failure, and may be accompanied by myasthenia gravis or other clinical conditions. Surgical excision of
the mass provides both diagnosis and treatment.
Keywords :
mediastinum, thymolipoma, surgery