Progressive Dyspnea in a 40-Year-Old Man Caused by Giant Mediastinal Thymolipoma
Thymolipomas are rare tumors of the anterior mediastinum containing both thymic stroma and an abundance of fat. We present a 40-year-old man with no underlying disease who presented with cough and progressive dyspnea. Clinical evaluation revealed a giant mass of lipid density filling almost the enti...
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| description | Thymolipomas are rare tumors of the anterior mediastinum containing both thymic stroma and an abundance of fat. We present a 40-year-old man with no underlying disease who presented with cough and progressive dyspnea. Clinical evaluation revealed a giant mass of lipid density filling almost the entire left hemithorax with mediastinal shift. Total excision of the 40 × 33 × 8 cm mass weighing 4 kg was performed via a left thoracotomy and the histopathologic diagnosis of the mass was reported as thymolipoma. The patient remains alive and disease-free, twelve months after the intervention. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-679a92324c524050a1e23d0dcf6322a02025-02-03T06:00:06ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192016-01-01201610.1155/2016/34693953469395Progressive Dyspnea in a 40-Year-Old Man Caused by Giant Mediastinal ThymolipomaMohammad Vaziri0Kamelia Rad1Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranRasoul Akram Hospital, Niayesh Avenue, Sattar Khan Street, Tehran 1448933, IranThymolipomas are rare tumors of the anterior mediastinum containing both thymic stroma and an abundance of fat. We present a 40-year-old man with no underlying disease who presented with cough and progressive dyspnea. Clinical evaluation revealed a giant mass of lipid density filling almost the entire left hemithorax with mediastinal shift. Total excision of the 40 × 33 × 8 cm mass weighing 4 kg was performed via a left thoracotomy and the histopathologic diagnosis of the mass was reported as thymolipoma. The patient remains alive and disease-free, twelve months after the intervention.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3469395 |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Vaziri Kamelia Rad Progressive Dyspnea in a 40-Year-Old Man Caused by Giant Mediastinal Thymolipoma Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Progressive Dyspnea in a 40-Year-Old Man Caused by Giant Mediastinal Thymolipoma |
| title_full | Progressive Dyspnea in a 40-Year-Old Man Caused by Giant Mediastinal Thymolipoma |
| title_fullStr | Progressive Dyspnea in a 40-Year-Old Man Caused by Giant Mediastinal Thymolipoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progressive Dyspnea in a 40-Year-Old Man Caused by Giant Mediastinal Thymolipoma |
| title_short | Progressive Dyspnea in a 40-Year-Old Man Caused by Giant Mediastinal Thymolipoma |
| title_sort | progressive dyspnea in a 40 year old man caused by giant mediastinal thymolipoma |
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