Autor(es): Miranda, A ; Marques, J ; Ferreira, J ; Cunha, F ; Ribeiro, M ; Ruivo, R
Data: 2018
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/2051
Origem: Repositório do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca
Assunto(s): Mediastinal neoplasms; Thymus neoplasms; Child
A thymolipoma is a slow-growing, anterior mediastinal tumor, rare in childhood. The authors present a report of a 4-year-old girl with persistent right thoracic hypotransparency on the chest radiograph. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an anterior, well-limited, mediastinal mass of heterogeneous density, with lipomatous and soft tissue density areas. The tumor was totally excised and the histopathologic findings revealed a thymolipoma. A year and a half after surgery, the child remains well. This report enhances the relevance of differential diagnosis in the presence of persistent radiologic thoracic hypotransparency.
