We present a case of a 53 year old man with a thymoma near the pericardium, a rare ectopic localisation of thymoma. A round radiodensity found at the right cardiophrenic angle was initially suspected at the echocardiography to be a pericardial cyst. The diagnosis of thymoma was made only after histopathological examination of the surgically re-sected lesion.

Ectopic thymoma simulating a pericardial cyst: case report

CARAMORI, Gaetano
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CAVAZZINI L;CIACCIA A;CAVALLESCO, Narciso Giorgio
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PAPI, Alberto
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2005

Abstract

We present a case of a 53 year old man with a thymoma near the pericardium, a rare ectopic localisation of thymoma. A round radiodensity found at the right cardiophrenic angle was initially suspected at the echocardiography to be a pericardial cyst. The diagnosis of thymoma was made only after histopathological examination of the surgically re-sected lesion.
2005
Caramori, Gaetano; Calia, N; Pasquini, C; Arar, O; Ravenna, F; Guzzinati, I; Boniotti, A; Cavazzini, L; Ciaccia, A; Cavallesco, Narciso Giorgio; Papi,...espandi
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