Cystic Thymoma in Middle Mediastinum – A Rare Case Report

• Authors: Seyed Mostafa Shiryazdi , Shaghayegh Ayatollahi , Mansour Moghimi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this case report we present a rare case of thymoma in middle midiastinum of a 48 years woman presented by dyspnea and massive plural effusion.

Keywords

EN

cystic thymoma; mediastinum; surgery

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 35-38

Dates

published

1 - 01 - 2013

online

16 - 03 - 2013

Contributors

author

Seyed Mostafa Shiryazdi

• Department of Surgery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

author

Shaghayegh Ayatollahi

• Department of Surgery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

author

Mansour Moghimi

• Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjs-2013-0006