Open AccessThymic Cyst Simulating Aortic Aneurysm
Author(s) -
Christer Sundström
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.3109/03009737709179051
Subject(s) - medicine , aortography , mediastinum , chest pain , aneurysm , cyst , thoracic aortic aneurysm , radiology , aortic aneurysm , surgery , aorta
Non-infectious, non-neoplastic cysts of the thymus are rare. Most of them give no symptoms, are located in the anterior mediastinum and are seen in young people. This report deals with a 39-year-old man who had had attacks of precordial pain for 7 years. On admission to hospital he had intense pain in the chest which was attributed to an aortic aneurysm. Retrograde aortography was normal, however. At operation a multilobular thymic cyst was found. The cyst was mostly lined with squamous epithelium.