ArticleInteractive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery2012
Ectopic pleural thymoma mimicking a giant solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura.
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- Ectopic thymoma arising in the pleura: Diagnostic challenges and clinical implications: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Trends, Symptoms, and Outcomes of Resectable Giant Mediastinal Tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Giant thymoma presenting as a large bilateral intrathoracic mass: A case report and a comparison between median sternotomy and hemiclamshell approach.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- Surgical treatment of giant mediastinal tumors.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2021Article
- A rare case of ectopic chest-wall thymoma: a case report.AME case reports · 2019Article
- Giant thymoma successfully resected via median sternotomy and anterolateral thoracotomy: a case report.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2018Article
- Pleural thymoma: Radiological and histological findings.European journal of radiology open · 2018Article
- The spectrum of ectopic thymomas.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2016Review
- Giant thymoma successfully resected via hemiclamshell thoracotomy: a case report.Journal of thoracic disease · 2016Article
- Ectopic intrapleural thymoma: a rare location in the thoracic cavity.Journal of surgical case reports · 2016Article
- Ectopic Anterior Mediastinal Pathology in the Chest: Radiologic-pathologic Correlation of Unexpected Encounters with the "Terrible Ts".Journal of clinical imaging science · 2016Article
- Giant thymoma successfully resected via anterolateral thoracotomy: a case report.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2015Article
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Abstract
Thymoma is the commonest tumour of the anterior mediastinum in adults. Ectopic thymoma sometimes occurs, usually affecting the neck, mediastinal compartments, the lung and, very rarely, the pleura. We describe the case of a giant right-sided pleural thymoma (14 13 8 cm), preoperatively suspected to be a solitary fibrous tumour; a complete surgical resection was achieved and a postoperative diagnosis of type AB Masaoka stage II B tumour was attained.
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