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AI InsightChronic respiratoryand cardiac symptoms developed in a patient who presentedwith a mediastinal cystic mass after which widening of themediastinal shadow was confirmed on chest radiographs.Thymic cysts should be added to the list of thymicabnormalities that may occur in patients with compressivemediastinal masses, which may be life threatening.
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Abstract
Thymic cysts are rare, and because most are asymptomaticwhen small in size, they are usually detected incidentallyas unsuspected masses on chest radiographs. In this article,we report a rare case of a huge thymic cystic lesion abuttingthe major vessels of the mediastinum. Chronic respiratoryand cardiac symptoms developed in a patient who presentedwith a mediastinal cystic mass after which widening of themediastinal shadow was confirmed on chest radiographs.Thymic cysts should be added to the list of thymicabnormalities that may occur in patients with compressivemediastinal masses, which may be life threatening.
Özet
Timik kistler nadirdir ve boyutları küçük ikençoğu asemptomatik olduğundan genellikle göğüsradyografilerinde şüphelenilmeyen kitleler olarak tesadüfentespit edilirler. Bu yazıda mediastenin ana damarlarınabitişik dev bir timik kistik lezyona ilişkin nadir bir olgusunuldu. Mediastinal kistik bir kitle ile başvuran hastadakronik solunumsal ve kardiyak semptomlar gelişti, ardındanmediastinal gölgenin genişlediği göğüs radyografilerindeteyit edildi. Timik kistler ölümcül olabilen bası yapanmediastinal kitleleri olan hastalarda gelişebilen timikanormallikler listesine eklenmelidir.