| Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000189088 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
| Authors: | Puntel, Vitorio Moscon1 Vasconcelos, Luiz Mauro F Falcao, Pedro |
| Institutions: | 1Escola de Ciencias Medicas de Volta Redonda, Hospital Santa Cecilia, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Season: | Ene-Dic |
| Volumen: | 27 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 52-53 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Aplicado, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Thymolipoma is a rare benign tumor of the thymus. Because of its large size and pliability the mass usually drapes itself around the heart, conforming to its borders and producing a large radiographic shadow easily mistaken as cardiomegaly. This report describes a 48-year-old man with a chest radiograph strongly suggestive of cardiomegaly. Careful radiological study showed the existence of a large mass in the anterior mediastinum, simulating cardiomegaly. A thymolipoma weighing 2500g was resected through an esternotomy |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Diagnóstico, Endocrinología, Timolipoma, Cardiomegalia, Masa mediastinal |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Diagnosis, Endocrinology, Thymolipoma, Cardiomegaly, Mediastinum |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
