Thoracic incidentaloma in a chest computed tomography scan of a patient with COVID-19

Gökçe, Anıl; Hatipoglu, Merve; Kandemır, Nilüfer Onak; Akkaş, Yücel

doi:10.12968/hmed.2021.0295

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“…Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with incidentalomas ( 5 , 6 ), as well as various complications owing to its pro-inflammatory behavior ( 7 ), including formation of the cystic lesions such as hepatic cyst enlargement ( 8 ) and pneumatocele formation ( 9 , 10 ). Severity of COVID-19 is known to be modified by co-infected pathogens, and individuals who are HIV-infected are reported to be at higher risk of severe disease ( 11 , 12 ).…”

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Multilocular thymic cyst detected during COVID‑19 treatment in an HIV‑positive adult man: A case report and literature review

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A multilocular thymic cyst (MTC) is a rare mediastinal tumor with multiloculated cyst-like structures in the anterior mediastinum. This tumfor is associated with inflammatory diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The present study reports a case of MTC detected during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treatment in an adult who was tested HIV positive. An anterior mediastinal tumor was incidentally detected on computed tomography in a 52-year-old man with a 20-year history of HIV infection on the 9th day of COVID-19. The patient was asymptomatic with no notable physical findings. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 28-mm bilocular cyst. Robot-assisted thoracoscopic tumor resection was performed. Pathological examination showed that the cyst was lined with squamous or cuboidal epithelium, and the cystic lesion wall was mainly composed of thymic tissue with follicular hyperplasia. Based on these findings, the patient was diagnosed with MTC. To date, only 15 MTC cases have been reported in patients with HIV, and the majority of cases showed HIV infection-related symptoms such as lymphoid interstitial pneumonia and parotid gland enlargement. The present case was atypical for an HIV-related MTC because it did not involve HIV infection-related symptoms, suggesting the possibility for an alternative etiology such as COVID-19. Further reports on MTC development in patients with COVID-19 are required to elucidate the relationship between MTC and COVID-19.

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Multilocular thymic cyst detected during COVID‑19 treatment in an HIV‑positive adult man: A case report and literature review

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“…I n the last decades, there was a growing increase in incidentalomas. [1][2][3][4][5][6] In the radiological investigation of patients with headaches, it is not infrequent to find incidentalomas. [7][8] Incidentaloma is classically defined when, during a radiological investigation, a tumoral lesion is identified, and such lesion is not related to the clinical condition that justified the request for the examination.…”

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Incidental intracranial saccular aneurysm in a patient with post-Covid-19 headache: What to do with the incidentaloma?

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Thoracic incidentaloma in a chest computed tomography scan of a patient with COVID-19

Cited by 2 publications

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Multilocular thymic cyst detected during COVID‑19 treatment in an HIV‑positive adult man: A case report and literature review

Multilocular thymic cyst detected during COVID‑19 treatment in an HIV‑positive adult man: A case report and literature review

Incidental intracranial saccular aneurysm in a patient with post-Covid-19 headache: What to do with the incidentaloma?

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