Multilocular thymic cyst associated with mature mediastinal teratoma: a report of 2 cases

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Feb;128(2):227-8. doi: 10.5858/2004-128-227-MTCAWM.

Abstract

Acquired thymic cysts are multilocular and show florid xanthomatous and myofibroblastic inflammation. They usually occur in association with mediastinal neoplasms, systemic autoimmune diseases, or trauma. We describe 2 cases (in a 12-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy) of acquired thymic cysts occurring in association with cystic teratomas, an association that to our knowledge has not been described previously in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Cyst / complications*
  • Mediastinal Cyst / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Cyst / pathology
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Teratoma / complications*
  • Teratoma / diagnosis
  • Teratoma / pathology