Thymic masses of the middle mediastinum: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-195

  Minniti, Salvatore ^a,b   Valentini, Marvi ^a   Pinali, Lucia ^a   Malagò, Roberto ^a   Lestani, Maurizio ^a   Procacci, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Middle mediastinum; Thymic cyst; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CYST;

ADULT; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3342894710     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000120060.90202.7a     Document Type: Review

References (16)

1. Masses situated predominantly in the anterior mediastinal compartment. In: Fraser RS, Mueller NL, Colman N, et al, eds. Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co.; 1999:2875-2937.
2. Van Klaveren RJ, Festen J, Lacquert LK, et al. A symptomatic cyst in the middle mediastinum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1994;107:1169-1171.
3. Suster S, Rosai J. Histology of the normal thymus. Am J Surg Pathol. 1990;14:284-303.
4. Jaretzki A, Bethea M, Wolff M, et al. A rational approach to total thymectomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Ann Thorac Surg. 1977;24:120-130.
5. Fukai I, Funato Y, Mizuno T, et al. Distribution of thymic tissue in the mediastinal adipose tissue. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1991;101:1099-1102.
6. Kiyosue H, Miyake H, Komatsu E, et al. MRI of cervical masses of thymic origin. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1994;18:206-208.
7. Bach AM, Hilfer CL, Holgersen LO. Left-sided posterior mediastinal thymus-MRI findings. Pediatr Radiol. 1991;21:440-441.
8. Tan A, Holdener GP, Hecht A, et al. Malignant thymoma in an ectopic thymus: CT appearance. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1991;15:842-844.
9. Slovis TL, Meza M, Kuhn JP. Aberrant thymus-MR assessment. Pediatr Radiol. 1992;22:490-492.
10. Kaplan IL, Swayne LC, Widmann WD, et al. CT demonstration of "ectopic" thymoma. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1988;12:1037-1038.
11. Fukayama M, Maeda Y, Funata N, et al. Pulmonary and pleural thymoma. Diagnostic application of lymphocyte markers to the thymoma of unusual site. Am J Clin Pathol. 1998;89:617-621.
12. Moran CA, Suster S, Fishback NF, et al. Primary intrapulmonary thymoma. A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of eight cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 1995;19:304-312.
13. Fushimi H, Tanio Y, Kotoh K. Ectopic thymoma mimicking diffuse pleural mesothelioma: a case report. Human Pathol. 1998;29:409-410.
14. Shih D, Wang I, Tseng H, et al. Primary pleural thymoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1997;121:79-82.
15. Bailly JM, Jaucot J, Darras T. Ectopic thymoma. JBR-BTR. 1995;78:221.
16. Chu WC, Metreweli C. Ectopic thymic tissue in the pediatric age group. Acta Radiol. 2002;43:144-146.