Honda S, Morikawa T, Sasaki F, Okada T, Naito S, Itoh T, Kubota K, Todo S
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan.
Pediatr Surg Int. 2007 Oct;23(10):1015-7. doi: 10.1007/s00383-007-1988-5.
Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors in pediatrics and cystic thymoma, is characterized by a predominantly cystic formation, is extremely rare. This report describes a 13-year-old girl with cystic thymoma, who was treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The microscopic findings were characteristic of cystic thymoma. The literature on cystic thymoma is reviewed here and the clinical characteristics of cystic thymoma are discussed.
胸腺瘤是儿科罕见的纵隔肿瘤，而囊性胸腺瘤以主要形成囊肿为特征，极为罕见。本报告描述了一名患有囊性胸腺瘤的13岁女孩，她接受了电视辅助胸腔镜手术治疗。显微镜检查结果具有囊性胸腺瘤的特征。本文回顾了关于囊性胸腺瘤的文献并讨论了其临床特征。
