Multilocular thymic cyst. About a case
Introduction: thymic cyst is a condition that sits in the thymus gland. It can be congenital or acquired. Case report: It is presented a male patient who started about a year ago with a wet cough, accompanied by mucous expectoration. In the study performed, a mediastinal cystic lesion was detected a...
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| author | Gustavo Alonso Pérez Zavala Yaimara Suárez Castillo Johamel Ramón Ramos Valdés |
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| description | Introduction: thymic cyst is a condition that sits in the thymus gland. It can be congenital or acquired.
Case report: It is presented a male patient who started about a year ago with a wet cough, accompanied by mucous expectoration. In the study performed, a mediastinal cystic lesion was detected and interpreted radiologically as a pleuropericardial cyst; he was operated and the lesion was completely resected by right thoracotomy. The anatomopathological diagnosis reported multilocular thymic cyst. The patient evolved satisfactorily and was discharged on the third post-operative day.
Conclusions: cystic lesions of the anterior mediastinum are many times a finding because there are no symptoms until they reach great size. They must be treated surgically, with total resection, to avoid complications inherent to growth and compression and to arrive at a histopathological diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-415a2a625c904897a1d26fc1c1aa6c382022-12-22T03:29:39ZspaEditorial Ciencias MédicasActa Médica del Centro2709-79272020-08-01144563568975Multilocular thymic cyst. About a caseGustavo Alonso Pérez Zavala0Yaimara Suárez Castillo1Johamel Ramón Ramos Valdés2Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"Introduction: thymic cyst is a condition that sits in the thymus gland. It can be congenital or acquired. Case report: It is presented a male patient who started about a year ago with a wet cough, accompanied by mucous expectoration. In the study performed, a mediastinal cystic lesion was detected and interpreted radiologically as a pleuropericardial cyst; he was operated and the lesion was completely resected by right thoracotomy. The anatomopathological diagnosis reported multilocular thymic cyst. The patient evolved satisfactorily and was discharged on the third post-operative day. Conclusions: cystic lesions of the anterior mediastinum are many times a finding because there are no symptoms until they reach great size. They must be treated surgically, with total resection, to avoid complications inherent to growth and compression and to arrive at a histopathological diagnosis.http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1170quiste mediastínico |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Alonso Pérez Zavala Yaimara Suárez Castillo Johamel Ramón Ramos Valdés Multilocular thymic cyst. About a case Acta Médica del Centro quiste mediastínico |
| title | Multilocular thymic cyst. About a case |
| title_full | Multilocular thymic cyst. About a case |
| title_fullStr | Multilocular thymic cyst. About a case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multilocular thymic cyst. About a case |
| title_short | Multilocular thymic cyst. About a case |
| title_sort | multilocular thymic cyst about a case |
| topic | quiste mediastínico |
| url | http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1170 |
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