TY - JOUR
T1 - Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Thymus
AU - Harpaz, Noam
AU - Gribetz, Allen R.
AU - Krellenstein, Daniel J.
AU - Marchevsky, Alberto M.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - A 44-year-old man with inflammatory pseudotumor of the thymus is reported. The patient was seen with fever, myalgia, and dyspnea and was found to have an anterior mediastinal mass and bilateral pleural effusions. The resected lesion consisted of a well-circumscribed mass of chronic inflammatory and fibrous tissue that virtually replaced the thymus. There was no morphological evidence of neoplasia. The patient's symptoms and roentgenographic abnormalities resolved with excision of most of the mass. To our knowledge, this report is the first instance of inflammatory pseudotumor of the thymus.
AB - A 44-year-old man with inflammatory pseudotumor of the thymus is reported. The patient was seen with fever, myalgia, and dyspnea and was found to have an anterior mediastinal mass and bilateral pleural effusions. The resected lesion consisted of a well-circumscribed mass of chronic inflammatory and fibrous tissue that virtually replaced the thymus. There was no morphological evidence of neoplasia. The patient's symptoms and roentgenographic abnormalities resolved with excision of most of the mass. To our knowledge, this report is the first instance of inflammatory pseudotumor of the thymus.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(10)62747-6
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(10)62747-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 3753083
AN - SCOPUS:0022556696
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 42
SP - 331
EP - 333
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -