| Literature DB >> 24585311 |
Francesco Monaco1, Mario Barone2, Maurizio Monaco2.
Abstract
A 65-year-old man presented with a nonspecific thymic neoplasm following blunt thoracic trauma. The lesion increased in size over 12 years, to reach 47 mm in diameter. After thymectomy, the lesion was described as an epidermoid lining cyst composed of thickened stratified squamous epithelium. We assume that this rare pathological condition was caused by skin tissue islands and fat migrating into the mediastinum.Entities:
Keywords: Epidermal cyst; mediastinal cyst; nonpenetrating; thymus neoplasms; wounds
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24585311 DOI： 10.1177/0218492314523971
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann ISSN： 0218-4923