[Thymus lipoma. A rare entity of the thymus. Case report with special consideration of diagnostic imaging]

B Schlolaut; J Pfannschmidt; E Hecker; H Dienemann; A Schmähl

doi:10.1007/s00104-004-0885-x

[Thymus lipoma. A rare entity of the thymus. Case report with special consideration of diagnostic imaging]

Chirurg. 2004 Nov;75(11):1120-4. doi: 10.1007/s00104-004-0885-x.

[Article in German]

Authors

B Schlolaut¹, J Pfannschmidt, E Hecker, H Dienemann, A Schmähl

Affiliation

¹ Chirurgische Abteilung, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg. Bettina.Schlolaut@klinikum-bremen-ost.de

PMID: 15168034
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-004-0885-x

Abstract

This report is on a 37-year-old female patient with an extraordinary large intrapleural tumor on the left, macroscopically originating from mediastinal structures. The tumor was completely removed via transpleural approach without compromising the left lung. It was identified as a thymolipoma with a weight of 2400 g.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lipoma / diagnosis*
Lipoma / diagnostic imaging
Lipoma / surgery
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
Radiography, Thoracic
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Thymus Neoplasms / surgery
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed