Flow phenomenon, a differential diagnosis in refractory hypoxaemia in patients with anterior mediastinal mass. Case report☆

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Carlos Eduardo Laverde-Sabogal ◽  
Carmelo José Espinosa-Almanza
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Mediastinal Mass ◽  
Anterior Mediastinal Mass ◽  
Flow Phenomenon ◽  
Mass Case

Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

2006 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Payal Kapur ◽  
Dinesh Rakheja ◽  
Michael Bastasch ◽  
Kyle H. Molberg ◽  
Venetia R. Sarode
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Mucinous Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Mediastinal Mass ◽  
The Body ◽  
Anterior Mediastinal Mass ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Specific Identification ◽  
Biopsy Specimens ◽  
Thymic Neoplasm

Abstract Primary thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma is extremely rare; to our knowledge, only 2 cases have been reported to date. We describe a third case of primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the thymus in a 41-year-old man who presented with an anterior mediastinal mass with subsequent metastasis to the lung. The initial diagnosis was of metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma, but extensive clinical workup of the patient failed to reveal a primary tumor elsewhere in the body. The specific identification of mucinous adenocarcinoma as a primary thymic neoplasm can be difficult or impossible. Morphologic and immunophenotypic similarities to mucinous adenocarcinomas of the gastrointestinal tract can pose diagnostic challenges for surgical pathologists, especially in small biopsy specimens.

Schistosomiasis associated with a mediastinal mass: case report and review of the literature

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Al-Fawaz ◽  
S. A. Al-Rasheed ◽  
S. A. Al-Majed ◽  
M. Ashour
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Mediastinal Mass ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Mass Case

An unusual case of thymolipoma as an anterior mediastinal mass in a 17-year-old girl—case report

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-148
Author(s):  
Chandan Kumar Ray Mohapatra ◽  
Ranjitsinh Bapusaheb Jadhav ◽  
Abdul Majeed Mulla ◽  
Jayant Vasant Khandekar ◽  
Ganesh Kumar Ammannaya
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Mediastinal Mass ◽  
Anterior Mediastinal Mass

Incessant Bilobed Thymus in an Case Report Old Male Cadaver

Med Phoenix ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Sudikshya KC ◽  
Aashish Kumar Shah ◽  
Dipa Rai Khaling
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Mediastinal Mass ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Anterior Mediastinum ◽  
Lymphoid Organ ◽  
Normal Appearance ◽  
Medical College ◽  
National Medical ◽  
Male Cadaver

Thymus is bilobed primary lymphoid organ situated in superior and anterior mediastinum. The appearance of thymus varies considerably with age. It reaches maximum size at puberty and eventually undergoes “fibro fatty involution”, but it may persist actively to old age. Therefore, normal appearance and size of thymus have been elusive. Embryologically, it develops, as two separate organs from the endoderm of third pharyngeal pouches of embryo in common with inferior parathyroid glands and fuse in the midline. The study was carried on 10 embalmed cadavers of known sex in Anatomy Department of National Medical College, Birgunj, Nepal. We found a large bilobed thymus in about 65 year old male cadaver. This fact is clinically important to make differential diagnosis of radiological review in cases of mediastinal mass. A thorough knowledge of its anatomical and embryological features of the thymus, it’s normal variations, incessant in adults is necessary before doing any therapeutic, diagnostic and invasive procedures.Med Phoenix Vol.2(1) July 2017, 67-70

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