Giant thymolipoma
Thymolipoma is a rare benign pathological tumor of the anterior mediastinum and accounts for about 2–9 % of thymus tumors. Tumor is usually represented as soft tissue consisting of adipose and thymic tissues. Because of the asymptomatic presentation, patients are often diagnosed with a large tumor....
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| author | E. O. Rodionov S. V. Miller N. V. Vasilyev S. A. Tuzikov I. G. Frolova O. I. Kovalev A. A. Silantyeva S. I. Ponomareva |
| author_facet | E. O. Rodionov S. V. Miller N. V. Vasilyev S. A. Tuzikov I. G. Frolova O. I. Kovalev A. A. Silantyeva S. I. Ponomareva |
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| description | Thymolipoma is a rare benign pathological tumor of the anterior mediastinum and accounts for about 2–9 % of thymus tumors. Tumor is usually represented as soft tissue consisting of adipose and thymic tissues. Because of the asymptomatic presentation, patients are often diagnosed with a large tumor. Gigantism of the tumor due to long-term and progressive compression of adjacent organs and anatomical structures of this region can lead to dysfunction, and in some cases, to a complete block of their activity, which is fraught with a fatal outcome. Preoperative diagnosis is always a difficult task due to the lower sensitivity of CT scans and biopsies. The main method of treatment is radical surgical excision. The article presents a clinical case of a 51-year-old patient with a giant tumor of the left hemithorax with a long-term asymptomatic presentation, who was diagnosed with thymolipoma after surgical excision and final histopathological examination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b643a71b4fc4c5699a322bdc4d4902f2023-03-13T08:09:18ZrusPavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical UniversityВестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова0042-46252020-08-011793757910.24884/0042-4625-2020-179-3-75-791152Giant thymolipomaE. O. Rodionov0S. V. Miller1N. V. Vasilyev2S. A. Tuzikov3I. G. Frolova4O. I. Kovalev5A. A. Silantyeva6S. I. Ponomareva7Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Siberian State Medical UniversityTomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of SciencesTomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of SciencesTomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Siberian State Medical UniversityTomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of SciencesSiberian State Medical UniversitySiberian State Medical UniversitySiberian State Medical UniversityThymolipoma is a rare benign pathological tumor of the anterior mediastinum and accounts for about 2–9 % of thymus tumors. Tumor is usually represented as soft tissue consisting of adipose and thymic tissues. Because of the asymptomatic presentation, patients are often diagnosed with a large tumor. Gigantism of the tumor due to long-term and progressive compression of adjacent organs and anatomical structures of this region can lead to dysfunction, and in some cases, to a complete block of their activity, which is fraught with a fatal outcome. Preoperative diagnosis is always a difficult task due to the lower sensitivity of CT scans and biopsies. The main method of treatment is radical surgical excision. The article presents a clinical case of a 51-year-old patient with a giant tumor of the left hemithorax with a long-term asymptomatic presentation, who was diagnosed with thymolipoma after surgical excision and final histopathological examination.https://www.vestnik-grekova.ru/jour/article/view/1448thymolipomamediastinum neoplasmlipoma of the thymusmediastinal lipomasurgical treatment |
| spellingShingle | E. O. Rodionov S. V. Miller N. V. Vasilyev S. A. Tuzikov I. G. Frolova O. I. Kovalev A. A. Silantyeva S. I. Ponomareva Giant thymolipoma Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова thymolipoma mediastinum neoplasm lipoma of the thymus mediastinal lipoma surgical treatment |
| title | Giant thymolipoma |
| title_full | Giant thymolipoma |
| title_fullStr | Giant thymolipoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant thymolipoma |
| title_short | Giant thymolipoma |
| title_sort | giant thymolipoma |
| topic | thymolipoma mediastinum neoplasm lipoma of the thymus mediastinal lipoma surgical treatment |
| url | https://www.vestnik-grekova.ru/jour/article/view/1448 |
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