Asymptomatic giant mediastinal mass: a rare case of thymolipoma Massa mediastinal gigante assintomática: um raro caso de timolipoma

Thymolipoma is a very rare benign neoplasm of the thymus. We present the case of a 42-year-old male with a massive mediastinal tumor discovered on a chest X-ray after a motorcycle accident. The patient had no complaints, and his physical examination was unremarkable. Chest CT scans revealed a lipoma...

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Main Authors: Omar Moté Abou Mourad, Filipe Moreira de Andrade, Pedro Abrahão, Andréa Monnerat, Luiz Felippe Judice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2009-10-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132009001000012