Abstract

Thymus gland tumour with mature adipocytes named thymolipoma, is a slow growing benign tumour in the mediastinum which does not cause any symptoms till it grows to a significant size. This case report is about a patient presented with respiratory distress requiring intubation and intensive care admission due to a giant tumour in the mediastinum. It was diagnosed a thymolipoma after computed tomography imaging of the thorax showed a fat density tumour and a core biopsy revealing benign lipomatous lesion. Patient made a complete recovery after undergoing a clamshell thoracotomy and resection of tumour.

Keywords: Giant Thymolipoma; Clamshell Thoracotomy

References

1. Halkos ME., et al. “Acute respiratory distress caused by massive thymolipoma”. Southern Medical Journal11 (2004).
2. Eid H., et al. “Enormous thymolipoma: A case report”. Egyptian Journal of Bronchology2 (2017): 165-167.
3. Vaziri M RK. “Progressive dyspnea in a 40-year-old man caused by giant mediastinal thymolipoma”. Hindawi Publishing Corporation Case Reports in Surgery (2016).
4. Gamanagatti S SR., et al. “Giant thymolipoma”. American Journal of Roentgenology 1 (2005): 283-284.
5. Moran CA., et al. “Thymolipoma: clinicopathologic review of 33 cases”. Modern Pathology: An Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc.7 (1995): 741-744.
6. Wang Y., et al. “Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of thymoma: an analysis of 116 cases”. Chinese Medical Journal (Engl). 116.8 (2003): 1187-1190.
7. Wright C. “Transverse sternothoracotomy”. Chest surgery clinics of North America1 (1996): 149-156.
8. Bains MS., et al. “The clamshell incision: an improved approach to bilateral pulmonary and mediastinal tumor”. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery1 (1994): 30-33.

Citation

Citation: Narasimman Sathiamurthy., et al. “Giant Thymolipoma Tackled with Clamshell Thoracotomy".Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 4.10 (2020): 29-32.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Narasimman Sathiamurthy., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.