Thymolipoma simulating cardiomegaly: a clinicopathological rarity.
- 1 February 1977
- Vol. 32 (1) , 116-120
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.32.1.116
Abstract
This report describes a 19 yr old girl with a chest radiograph strongly suggestive of cardiomegaly. Although she did not consent to hemodynamic studies, cardiomegaly was ruled out on the basis of the clinical course. Careful radiological study proved the existence of a large mass in the anterior mediastinum, simulating cardiomegaly. At thoracotomy a thymolipoma weighing 450 g was resected. The pathogenesis of thymolipoma is discussed.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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