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- Title
Cystic thymoma in a child: a rare case and review of the literature.
- Authors
Honda, S.; Morikawa, T.; Sasaki, F.; Okada, T.; Naito, S.; Itoh, T.; Kubota, K.; Todo, S.
- Abstract
Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors in pediatrics and cystic thymoma, is characterized by a predominantly cystic formation, is extremely rare. This report describes a 13-year-old girl with cystic thymoma, who was treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The microscopic findings were characteristic of cystic thymoma. The literature on cystic thymoma is reviewed here and the clinical characteristics of cystic thymoma are discussed.
- Subjects
CYSTS (Pathology); JUVENILE diseases; TUMORS; PEDIATRICS; CHEST endoscopic surgery
- Publication
Pediatric Surgery International, 2007, Vol 23, Issue 10, p1015
- ISSN
0179-0358
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00383-007-1988-5