Fenniche Soraya, Maalej Sonia, Hassene Hela, Hantous Saoussen, Belhabib Dalenda, Bakkari Sonia, el Mezni Faouzi, Horchani Habiba, Megdiche Mohamed Lamine
Service Ibn Nafiss, Hôpital A. Mami, Ariana.
Tunis Med. 2003 Jan;81(1):59-62.
Thymolipoma is a rare thymic tumor; His frequency is estimated at 2 at 9% of all thymic tumors. His diagnosis usually easy, can be difficult with an unusual radio clinic pattern, but actually get benefice from progress in radiologic investigations especially MRI. We reported a case of a 36-year old woman, admitted for a left pleuro-pneumopathy investigation. Evolution, after antibiotic treatment and pleural effusion draining, was well. However, patient developed systolic aortic murmur and a chest-X-ray cardiomegaly supposing cardiologic dysfunction. But the normality of cardiac sonography, the ascension of diaphragma and non-specific thoracic sonographic pattern, guided to thoracic MRI. This exploration demonstrated a giant thymolipoma, which was confirmed by the histologic examination of a resected mass.
胸腺脂肪瘤是一种罕见的胸腺肿瘤;其发病率估计占所有胸腺肿瘤的2%至9%。其诊断通常容易,但当出现不寻常的放射学临床模式时可能会有困难,不过实际上受益于放射学检查尤其是磁共振成像(MRI)的进展。我们报告了一例36岁女性病例,因左侧胸膜肺病检查入院。在接受抗生素治疗和胸腔积液引流后病情好转。然而,患者出现了收缩期主动脉杂音,胸部X线显示心脏扩大,怀疑有心脏功能障碍。但心脏超声检查正常、膈肌升高以及非特异性的胸部超声模式,促使进行胸部MRI检查。该检查显示为巨大胸腺脂肪瘤,切除肿块的组织学检查证实了这一诊断。