Giant thymolipoma
E. O. Rodionov,
S. V. Miller,
N. V. Vasilyev,
S. A. Tuzikov,
I. G. Frolova,
O. I. Kovalev,
A. A. Silantyeva,
S. I. Ponomareva https://doi.org/10.24884/0042-4625-2020-179-3-75-79
Abstract
Thymolipoma is a rare benign pathological tumor of the anterior mediastinum and accounts for about 2–9 % of thymus tumors. Tumor is usually represented as soft tissue consisting of adipose and thymic tissues. Because of the asymptomatic presentation, patients are often diagnosed with a large tumor. Gigantism of the tumor due to long-term and progressive compression of adjacent organs and anatomical structures of this region can lead to dysfunction, and in some cases, to a complete block of their activity, which is fraught with a fatal outcome. Preoperative diagnosis is always a difficult task due to the lower sensitivity of CT scans and biopsies. The main method of treatment is radical surgical excision. The article presents a clinical case of a 51-year-old patient with a giant tumor of the left hemithorax with a long-term asymptomatic presentation, who was diagnosed with thymolipoma after surgical excision and final histopathological examination.
About the Authors
E. O. Rodionov
Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Siberian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Rodionov Evgenii O., Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Senior Researcher, Thoracic Department, Cancer Research Institute; Assistant of the Department of Oncology.
5, Kooperativniy per., Tomsk, 634009, Russia.
S. V. Miller
Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Miller Sergey V., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Leading Researcher, Thoracic Department, Cancer Research Institute
Tomsk
N. V. Vasilyev
Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vasilyev Nikolay V., Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Senior Researcher, Department of General and Molecular Pathology, Cancer Research Institute
Tomsk
S. A. Tuzikov
Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Siberian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tuzikov Sergey A., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of Thoracic Department, Cancer Research Institute; Professor of the Department of Oncology
Tomsk
I. G. Frolova
Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Frolova Irina G., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Diagnostic Imaging Department, Cancer Research Institute
Tomsk
O. I. Kovalev
Siberian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kovalev Oleg I., Resident Physician of the Department of Pathological Anatomy
Tomsk
A. A. Silantyeva
Siberian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Silantyeva Alyena A., 6-year student at the Faculty of Medicine
Tomsk
S. I. Ponomareva
Siberian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ponomareva Saina I., 5-year student at the Faculty of Medicine
Tomsk
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Rodionov E.O., Miller S.V., Vasilyev N.V., Tuzikov S.A., Frolova I.G., Kovalev O.I., Silantyeva A.A., Ponomareva S.I. Giant thymolipoma. Grekov's Bulletin of Surgery. 2020;179(3):75-79. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/0042-4625-2020-179-3-75-79
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