A unilocular thymic cyst associated with true thymic hyperplasia: a challenging diagnosis especially in a child. 2015

Mona Mlika, and Walid Gattoufi, and Hazem Zribi, and Emna Braham, and Adel Marghli, and Faouzi El Mezni
Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia ; Research Unit UR12SP16, Université Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.

We report a new case of a mediastinal mass in a 19-year-old patient corresponding microscopically to an association of unilocular thymic cyst and true thymic hyperplasia. Our aim is to highlight the absence of specificity of clinical and radiological findings and the necessity of a thorough sampling of the tumor in order to establish the diagnosis.

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