Timolipoma simulando cardiomegalia

AUTOR(ES)

Puntel, Vitório Moscon, Vasconcelos, Luiz Mauro F., Falcão, Pedro

FONTE

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2000-02

RESUMO

Thymolipoma is a rare benign tumor of the thymus. Because of its large size and pliability the mass usually drapes itself around the heart, conforming to its borders and producing a large radiographic shadow easily mistaken as cardiomegaly. This report describes a 48-year-old man with a chest radiograph strongly suggestive of cardiomegaly. Careful radiological study showed the existence of a large mass in the anterior mediastinum, simulating cardiomegaly. A thymolipoma weighing 2500g was resected through an esternotomy.

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