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ArticleCureus2020

Multilocular Thymic Cyst in a Young, Otherwise Healthy Woman: A Case Report.

Christos Damaskos, Nikolaos Garmpis, Anna Garmpi, Vasiliki E Georgakopoulou, Periklis Tomos

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christos DamaskosRenal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Nikolaos GarmpisSecond Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Anna GarmpiFirst Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Vasiliki E GeorgakopoulouPulmonology Department, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Periklis TomosDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Laiko General Hospital of Athens · GRSismanoglio General Hospital · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thymic cysts are rare lesions, accounting approximately for 1% of all mediastinal masses. We report a case of a 36-year old woman who presented preoperatively with a calcified mass shadow found on a routine chest radiograph X-ray. After further investigation with chest computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and tests for Myasthenia gravis, a benign mediastinal cyst was diagnosed and the patient underwent median sternotomy and complete surgical excision of the lesion. The histological examination described a multilocular thymic cyst. Thymic cysts are usually associated with thymic epithelial tumors, such as thymomas, or multisystemic morbid conditions such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, rheumatologic disease, and Myasthenia gravis. At all follow-up examinations to date, the patient remains healthy.

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cystmediastinalmultilocularthymic

Identifiers

PMID33269141
PMCPMC7704160
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