Giant Thymolipoma

Thymolipoma is a benign tumour composed of thymic elements and adipose tissue. It may be associated with myasthenia gravis or immune disorders. We aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiological features of thymolipoma. The clinical data from 10 cases of thymolipoma, diagnosed at our centre between 2002 and 2004, were analysed retrospectively. There were six female and four male patients, whose ages ranged from 16 to 67 years, with a mean age of 34.1 years. All but two patients had pulmonary or extrapulmonary symptoms. Five patients also had myasthenia gravis. All thymolipomas were localized in the anterior superior mediastinum. The surgical approach was sternotomy in nine cases and thoracotomy in one case. Thymectomy was performed on all patients. Thymolipomas are unusual tumours and may be associated with myasthenia gravis. Surgical resection is the most appropriate treatment modality.

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“…The treatment for thymolipoma is surgical resection 2,12,14–16 . It does not recur after surgery 6,12 .…”

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Mediastinal thymolipoma: An analysis of 10 cases

Damadoğlu¹,

Saltürk²,

Takır³

et al. 2007

Respirology

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“…Radiologically the size of the tumor in our case was 3 x 3,5 x 6 cm. Thymolipoma can be associated with other diseases; such as myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus, red cell aplasia, hypogammaglobulinemia, graves' disease and cystic lymphangioma (6)(7)(8). There was no association between tumor and these diseases in our case.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Rare Mediastinal Tumor: Thymolipoma

et al. 2014

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“…2 Overall, thymic neoplasms comprise only 4% of all mediastinal tumours in children, 3 and only 2-9% of these are reported to be thymolipomas. 4,5 The ages of patients range from 2 to 64 years (mean 33) with no gender predilection. 6 A thorough search of the literature using PubMed found very few cases in the paediatric population [6][7][8][9] and no case reported in infancy.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is usually asymptomatic, but can enlarge significantly prior to diagnosis and can cause significant symptoms. 7-9 A 6month-old boy presented with respiratory distress which was found to be caused by a giant thoracic thymolipoma.…”

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confidence: 99%