A case of thymoma mimicking an intra-thoracic thyroid nodule

Cristina Pizzimenti, Giovanni Tuccari, Antonio Ieni, Francesca Mazzeo, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Guido Fadda

Abstract


Thymomas are rare malignant tumour of the superior and anterior mediastinum. We report the case of a 77-year-old woman with a mediastinal nodule of uncertain origin. The clinical history of the patient and the imaging findings were suggestive of a lesion of thyroid origin. Histological and immunohistochemical analysis led to a histological diagnosis of thymoma with microscopic invasion of the surrounding tissue


Keywords


thymoma, mediastinal masses, ectopic thyroid goiter, differential diagnosis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.13129/1828-6550/APMB.109.2.2021.CCS2

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