MEDIASTINAL THYMIC CYST IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE

Musfirah Siddique; Wajahat Javed Mirza; Nasir Khan; Shahida Majeed; Imran Khan

doi:10.51253/pafmj.v70iSuppl-4.6010

Authors

Musfirah Siddique Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology Rawalpindi Pakistan
Wajahat Javed Mirza Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology Rawalpindi Pakistan
Nasir Khan Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/National Institute of Heart Disease (AFIC/NIHD)/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi Pakistan
Shahida Majeed Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology Rawalpindi Pakistan
Imran Khan Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology Rawalpindi Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v70iSuppl-4.6010

Keywords:

Thymic CYST, Mediastinal, Incidence

Abstract

Thymic CYSTs of the mediastinum are rare. It has been reported that their incidence is between 1 to 4.8%. They usually present as an asymptomatic mediastinal mass and are mostly found incidentally. This study reports a rare presentation of a mediastinal thymic CYST in a 50-year-old male, whose chronic right sided chest pain prompted him to visit a local hospital where his chest x-ray revealed a large mediastinal mass at the right cardiophrenic angle. His chest CT revealed a large multilocular hypodense cystic lesion that was resected completely by median sternotomy. On Histopathological examination, Hassals corpuscles confirmed the diagnosis of thymic CYST.