Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas

Amal Akammar; Sylvie Kolani; Zineb Benchekroune; Nizar El Bouardi; Meriem Haloua; Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani; Meryem Boubbou; Mounia Serraj; Mohamed Smahi; Maaroufi Maâroufi; Badreeddine Alami

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2021.06.023

Rare mass of the anterior mediastinum: Thymolipomas

Radiol Case Rep. 2021 Jul 9;16(9):2570-2572. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.06.023. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Amal Akammar¹, Sylvie Kolani¹, Zineb Benchekroune¹, Nizar El Bouardi¹, Meriem Haloua¹, Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani^{1

2}, Meryem Boubbou^{1

2}, Mounia Serraj^{2

3}, Mohamed Smahi^{2

4}, Maaroufi Maâroufi^{1

2}, Badreeddine Alami^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Radiology department of Hassan II university hospital of Fez, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah University of Fez Morroco.
² Clinical Neurosciences Labortory, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University of Fez Morroco.
³ Pneumology department of Hassan II university hospital of Fez, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah University Fez Morroco.
⁴ Thoracic surgery department of Hassan II university hospital of Fez, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah University of Fez Morroco.
⁵ Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University of Fez morroco.

Abstract

Thymolipoma is a rare benign neoplasm of the thymus containing both mature adipose tissue and thymic tissue. We report a case of a 34-year-οld man, presenting a mass of the anterior mediastinum, the radiology investigation and operatory piece diagnosed a thymolipoma. This study highlights the clinical diagnostic and therapeutic features as well as the evolutionary characteristics of this entity.

Keywords: Anterior superior mediastinum; Fatty mass; Thymolipoma.

Publication types

Case Reports