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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2024

Incidental finding of an ectopic b2 thymoma attached to the pericardium.

Santiago A Endara, Gerardo A Davalos, M Patricia Ponton, Christian I Gordon, Gabriel A Molina

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Santiago A EndaraDepartment of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador.
Gerardo A DavalosDepartment of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador.
M Patricia PontonDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador.
Christian I GordonEcuador PGY2 General Surgery, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (UIDE), Quito, Ecuador.
Gabriel A MolinaDepartment of Surgery, Hospital Metropolitano and Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0001-9070
Hospital Metropolitano · ECUniversidad Internacional del Ecuador · EC

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ectopic thymoma is a rare tumor that arises from the abnormal migration of thymus tissue. They are extremely rare and have a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms. Therefore, preoperative diagnosis is complex and can be easily misdiagnosed. Complete resection is the treatment of choice to avoid recurrence, radiotherapy and enhanced survival. Regretfully, many patients arrive at a late stage, limiting our therapeutic options; therefore, pre-operative diagnosis is vital. We present the case of an otherwise healthy 32-year-old woman; after a chest X-ray was done for a routine medical evaluation, a mass was discovered in her mediastinum. After surgery, a B2 thymoma attached to the pericardium was discovered and successfully treated.

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ectopic thymomamediastinumthymoma

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PMID38455986
PMCPMC10918443
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