A Giant Thymic Cyst Accompanied by Acute Mediastinitis

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作者：

Miura, Akihiro ^{[1
]}

Shien, Kazuhiko ^{[1
]}

Toji, Tomohiro ^{[2
]}

Otani, Shinji ^{[1
]}

Yamamoto, Hiromasa ^{[1
]}

Okazaki, Mikio ^{[1
]}

Sugimoto, Seiichiro ^{[1
]}

Soh, Junichi ^{[1
]}

Yamane, Masaomi ^{[1
]}

Toyooka, Shinichi ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Okayama Univ Hosp, Dept Gen Thorac Surg & Breast & Endocrinol Surg, Okayama 7008558, Japan

[2] Okayama Univ Hosp, Dept Pathol, Okayama 7008558, Japan

来源：

ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA | 2020年 / 74卷 / 05期

关键词：

thymic cyst; multilocular thymic cyst; mediastinitis;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];

学科分类号：

1001 ;

摘要：

We encountered a rare case of thymic cyst accompanied by mediastinitis. A 39-year-old Japanese male presented with fever and chest pain. The chest CT revealed a mass composed of a lobular cystic lesion with inflammation, suggesting the onset of mediastinitis. A definitive histological diagnosis was not obtained, and we performed a thymectomy. Pathologically, the thymic cyst was accompanied by multiple cavities, mimicking thymic cysts, caused by the inflammatory abscess. The surrounding adipose tissue showed inflammatory cell infiltrations with chronic fibrosis. These findings indicate that clinicians should be aware that thymic cysts may cause severe mediastinitis.

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页码：431 / 433

页数：3

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