Thymic carcinoma

cause of mediastinal enlargement

Authors

  • Armeny Arantes Boyadjian DOCUMENTA – Hospital São Francisco. Departamento de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem
  • Maria Luisa Beneduzzi DOCUMENTA – Hospital São Francisco. Departamento de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem
  • Carla Medeiros Fregonesi DOCUMENTA – Hospital São Francisco. Departamento de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem
  • Isadora Salviano Teixeira Prado DOCUMENTA – Hospital São Francisco. Departamento de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem
  • Denise Fabri Rezende Engracia Mello DOCUMENTA – Hospital São Francisco. Departamento de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2967-5162
  • Glaucia Aparecida Magnani Landell Unidade de Anatomia Patológica e Citopatologia Prof. Dr. Humberto de Queiroz Menezes. Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Citopatologia
  • Fred Bernardes Filho Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. Departamento de Clínica Médica. Divisão de Dermatologia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4690-1608
  • Marcus Vinicius Nascimento Valentin DOCUMENTA – Hospital São Francisco. Departamento de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem
  • Rodolfo Mendes Queiroz DOCUMENTA – Hospital São Francisco. Departamento de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4893-4422

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v53i1p67-71

Keywords:

Carcinoma, Thymus Gland, Mediastinum, Thymoma, Diagnostic Imaging

Abstract

We report the case of a female patient, 76 years old, with a cough for six months. Laboratory tests were normal. Chest X-ray revealed enlargement of the mediastinum in the middle third of the thorax. Later, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the thorax were performed, characterizing a mass located in the anterior mediastinum, involving the ascending aorta and compressing the superior vena cava. Histological diagnosis after biopsy and partial resection of the lesion was a thymic squamous cell carcinoma.

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Published

2020-04-27

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 1 (2020): jan./fev./mar.

Section

Relato de Caso

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How to Cite

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Boyadjian AA, Beneduzzi ML, Fregonesi CM, Prado IST, Mello DFRE, Landell GAM, et al. Thymic carcinoma: cause of mediastinal enlargement. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto) [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 27 [cited 2024 May 17];53(1):67-71. Available from: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/156137