Cholesterol granuloma mimicking an anterior mediastinal tumor - a case report.
Acta Chir Belg
; 122(4): 260-261, 2022 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
There are many different types of mediastinal masses, which makes it challenging to diagnose them. Furthermore, the clinical presentation can range from asymptomatic to life-threatening. We present the case of a 68-year-old male with an incidental finding of a tumor located in the anterior mediastinum. A computed tomography (CT) of the thorax and an 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) suggested a thymoma, which is the most common primary tumor of the anterior mediastinum. The patient was scheduled for a robotic-assisted thoracoscopy (RATS) thymectomy. Both this procedure and the postoperative course were uneventful. The pathology report showed multiple cholesterol granulomas in the mediastinal fat. Furthermore, no malignancy (e.g. a thymoma) could be found. A cholesterol granuloma mimicking an anterior mediastinal tumor is extremely rare.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Timoma
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Neoplasias del Timo
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Neoplasias del Mediastino
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Chir Belg
Año:
2022
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Article
País de afiliación:
Bélgica