Regression of thymoma associated with a multilocular thymic cyst: report of a case.

Abstract

A 28-year-old male was diagnosed with acute pericarditis after presenting with acute chest pain, fever and an abnormality in an electrocardiogram. No symptoms suggestive of myasthenia gravis were observed. Although the symptoms were alleviated by antibiotics, computed tomography (CT) showed an anterior mediastinal mass with bilateral pleural effusion. He was, therefore, diagnosed with thymoma and referred to our hospital. Surgery was performed, since the pleural effusion disappeared. The pathological examination revealed the mass to be a type B2 thymoma classified as pathological stage I (Masaoka's classification) with a multilocular thymic cyst.

• Authors: Gouji Toyokawa, Kenichi Taguchi, Taro Ohba, Fumihiko Hirai, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Motoharu Hamatake, Takashi Seto, Kenichi Nishiyama, Yoshitaka Shida, Kenji Sugio, Yukito Ichinose
• Journal: Surgery today (Surg Today) Vol. 44 Issue 3 Pg. 577-80 (Mar 2014) ISSN: 1436-2813 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 23184327 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Ceftriaxone

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Adult
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Ceftriaxone (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Mediastinal Cyst (complications, diagnosis, pathology, surgery)
• Mediastinal Neoplasms (complications, diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
• Pericarditis (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Pleural Effusion (diagnostic imaging)
• Thymectomy
• Thymoma (complications, diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Treatment Outcome