Nishimura Jennifer M, Yongue Camille, Zhou Fang, Chang Stephanie H
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York.
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. 2024 Jul 31;3(1):212-215. doi: 10.1016/j.atssr.2024.07.016. eCollection 2025 Mar.
Cystic degeneration of thymoma can occur, although rarely to the extent that the lesion appears entirely cystic. We present a case of a 26-year-old man with a large anterior mediastinal cyst that was resected with histopathologic examination revealing a cystic thymoma.
胸腺瘤可发生囊性退变,尽管很少会发展到病变完全呈囊性的程度。我们报告一例26岁男性患者,其前纵隔有一个大囊肿,经手术切除,组织病理学检查显示为囊性胸腺瘤。