Respiratory Failure Caused by Giant Thymolipoma

The authors present the case of a 31-year-old woman with a massive anterior mediastinal tumor who presented with respiratory failure. A thoracic computed tomographic scan suggested a mediastinal lipomatous mass, and an operation was performed. Resection of the tumor resulted in immediate improvement...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2008-08, Vol.86 (2), p.661-663
Hauptverfasser:	Ceran, Sami, MD, Tulek, Baykal, MD, Sunam, Guven, MD, Suerdem, Mecit, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Female Humans Lipoma - complications Lipoma - diagnosis Lipoma - surgery Lung - pathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mediastinal Neoplasms - complications Mediastinal Neoplasms - diagnosis Mediastinal Neoplasms - surgery Medical sciences Organ Size Pneumology Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors present the case of a 31-year-old woman with a massive anterior mediastinal tumor who presented with respiratory failure. A thoracic computed tomographic scan suggested a mediastinal lipomatous mass, and an operation was performed. Resection of the tumor resulted in immediate improvement in the patient's pulmonary status, and the histopathologic examination revealed thymolipoma. Because thymolipoma can attain enormous dimensions and compress adjacent structures, it should be immediately resected.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.042