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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2010;53(1):103-105. Published online January 15, 2010.

Thymolipoma in a 13-year-old Korean girl

Su-Jin SJ Park¹, Ji Young JY Baek¹, Junjeong Jj Choi², Kyung Won KW Kim¹, Myung Joon MJ Kim³, Myung Hyun MH Sohn¹, Kyu-Earn KE Kim¹

¹Departments of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Departments of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
³Departments of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Myung Hyun MH Sohn ,Tel: +82.2-2228-2062, Fax: +82.2-393-9118, Email: mhsohn@yuhs.ac

Abstract

Thymolipoma is a rare benign tumor of anterior mediastinum. Most patients are asymptomatic with incidental finding of the tumor during a diagnostic workup of other medical problems. We present a case of 13-year-old girl with anterior mediastinal thymolipoma, surgically removed after an incidental diagnosis.

Keywords :Thymolipoma, Lipoma, Thymic neoplasm, Mediastinal neoplasm