Abstract
Ectopic pleural thymoma is a rare entity. In this paper, we present the case of ectopic pleural thymoma discovered in a patient with COVID-19.
A case of 49-year-old man with COVID-19 pneumonia had a constant right pleural mass during her hospitalization that was finally diagnosed as ectopic pleural thymoma.
Complete surgical resection was achieved after recovery of a patient from COVID-19 and a postoperative diagnosis of WHO type AB, modified Masaoka stage I tumor was attained.
Ectopic pleural thymoma is an uncommon neoplasm., that is likely to be discovered by COVID-19. Complete surgical resection is the key to the best prognosis.
References
Kitada M, Sato K, Matsuda Y, Hayashi S, Tokusashi Y, Miyokawa N, et al. Ectopic thymoma presenting as a giant intrathoracic tumour: a case report. World J Surg Oncol. 2011; 9:66–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-9-66
Alexiev BA, Yeldandi AV. Ectopic pleural thymoma in a 49-year-old woman: A case report. Pathol Res Pract. 2016 Nov;212(11):1076-1080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prp.2016.08.011
Cheo SW, Choo NJ, Low QJ, Abu Bakar NA, Voon PJ. A case of pleural thymoma presenting as bilateral pleural based mass. AME Med J. 2020;5 :12
Lopez-Marco A, Al-Zuhir N, Kornaszewska M. Ectopic intrapleural thymoma: a rare location in the thoracic cavity. J Surg Case Rep. J Surg Case Rep. 2016 Jan 5;2016(1):rjv166. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv166
Filosso P, Delsediem L, Cristofori L, Sandri A. Ectopic pleural thymoma mimicking a giant solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Nov;15(5):930-2.https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivs360
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright (c) 2021 Sara WAGUAF
