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Unilateral white-out lung: thoracic thymolipoma
Aswathy Sabu1, Abisho R Starlet2, Mayank Mishra3
1Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Abstract:
We report the case of a teenaged girl presenting with progressive orthopnoea, exertional dyspnoea, non-radiating right-sided chest pain and loss of appetite, for the last 6 months. Chest radiograph revealed complete opacification of the right hemithorax with contralateral tracheo-mediastinal shift. A contrast-enhanced CT scan of the thorax showed a massive fat-containing anterior mediastinal mass extending into both hemithoraces, without invasion of adjacent structures. Ultrasound-guided biopsy of the lesion suggested a neoplastic aetiology of thymic origin. Based on the clinicoradiological and pathological findings, a provisional diagnosis of thymolipoma was made. The mass was completely excised via a midline sternotomy approach. Postoperative histopathology confirmed the diagnosis as thymolipoma. After surgical excision of the tumour, the patient showed complete clinicoradiological improvement and is asymptomatic at 3-year follow-up.
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