A Case Report of Mediastinal Thymic Cyst
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Incidence of thymic lesions in the form of mediastinal cyst is very rare and is accompanied by risk of malignancy, which may induce signs of compression in mediastinum or accidentally be found during imaging. A case of mediastinal thymic cyst with compression-induced shortn...
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| description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Incidence of thymic lesions in the form of mediastinal cyst is very rare and is accompanied by risk of malignancy, which may induce signs of compression in mediastinum or accidentally be found during imaging. A case of mediastinal thymic cyst with compression-induced shortness of breath is presented.
CASE REPORT: A 40 year old woman underwent diagnostic assessment because of shortness of breath. Considering imaging results regarding upper mediastinal cystic lesion with possible origin of thymus, she underwent excision of mass and middle sternum. Histopathologic examination reported a simple thymic cyst.
CONCLUSION: Considering respiratory problems of patients with mediastinal cystic lesion, timely diagnosis and treatment is necessary to prevent probable malignancy in addition to relieving symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd0c95bf2fc240e9befdaf88b38623772022-12-21T19:52:39ZengBabol University of Medical SciencesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul1561-41072251-71702016-09-011896669A Case Report of Mediastinal Thymic CystY Asghari0A Kamali1 Student’s Reaserch Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R Iran Department of Surgery, Clinical Research Development Center, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R Iran BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Incidence of thymic lesions in the form of mediastinal cyst is very rare and is accompanied by risk of malignancy, which may induce signs of compression in mediastinum or accidentally be found during imaging. A case of mediastinal thymic cyst with compression-induced shortness of breath is presented. CASE REPORT: A 40 year old woman underwent diagnostic assessment because of shortness of breath. Considering imaging results regarding upper mediastinal cystic lesion with possible origin of thymus, she underwent excision of mass and middle sternum. Histopathologic examination reported a simple thymic cyst. CONCLUSION: Considering respiratory problems of patients with mediastinal cystic lesion, timely diagnosis and treatment is necessary to prevent probable malignancy in addition to relieving symptoms.http://jbums.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2498-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1Shortness of breathMediastinumCystThymus |
| spellingShingle | Y Asghari A Kamali A Case Report of Mediastinal Thymic Cyst Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul Shortness of breath Mediastinum Cyst Thymus |
| title | A Case Report of Mediastinal Thymic Cyst |
| title_full | A Case Report of Mediastinal Thymic Cyst |
| title_fullStr | A Case Report of Mediastinal Thymic Cyst |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case Report of Mediastinal Thymic Cyst |
| title_short | A Case Report of Mediastinal Thymic Cyst |
| title_sort | case report of mediastinal thymic cyst |
| topic | Shortness of breath Mediastinum Cyst Thymus |
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