Thymoma. Presentation of a case.

The case of a 31 years-old patient is presented, assisted in the University Hospital “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima” of Cienfuegos. This patient presented chest pain in its back right region, caused by a tumour in the anterior mediastinum, being carried out tymectomy by median sternotomy of Duval and...

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Main Authors: Yandy Rodríguez Acosta, Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes, Nancy Capin Sarría
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2008-04-01
Series:Medisur
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Online Access:http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/364
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author Yandy Rodríguez Acosta
Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes
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description The case of a 31 years-old patient is presented, assisted in the University Hospital “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima” of Cienfuegos. This patient presented chest pain in its back right region, caused by a tumour in the anterior mediastinum, being carried out tymectomy by median sternotomy of Duval and Barostty. The hystopathological results showed lymphoepithelial thymoma stage II (invasive) with microscopic invasion of the capsule. The postoperative evolution was satisfactory with further ontological follow up.
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spelling doaj.art-d400bfd1e1074b61a11fea0313c0417b2024-03-04T23:09:35ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2008-04-01617073323Thymoma. Presentation of a case.Yandy Rodríguez Acosta0Reinaldo Jiménez PrendesNancy Capin Sarría1Hospital Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”Hospital Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Cienfuegos.The case of a 31 years-old patient is presented, assisted in the University Hospital “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima” of Cienfuegos. This patient presented chest pain in its back right region, caused by a tumour in the anterior mediastinum, being carried out tymectomy by median sternotomy of Duval and Barostty. The hystopathological results showed lymphoepithelial thymoma stage II (invasive) with microscopic invasion of the capsule. The postoperative evolution was satisfactory with further ontological follow up.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/364timomaneoplasias del mediastinoestudios de casos
spellingShingle Yandy Rodríguez Acosta
Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes
Nancy Capin Sarría
Thymoma. Presentation of a case.
Medisur
timoma
neoplasias del mediastino
estudios de casos
title Thymoma. Presentation of a case.
title_full Thymoma. Presentation of a case.
title_fullStr Thymoma. Presentation of a case.
title_full_unstemmed Thymoma. Presentation of a case.
title_short Thymoma. Presentation of a case.
title_sort thymoma presentation of a case
topic timoma
neoplasias del mediastino
estudios de casos
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