Open AccessThymoma and Tuberculoma: Unexpected Coexistence
Author(s) -
António Novais,
Diana Pinho dos Santos,
Mariana Conceição,
Sara Cunha,
Joana Capelo,
Pedro Ochoa Crespo,
Lina Carvalho
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2021_002744
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculoma , mediastinal mass , thymoma , differential diagnosis , tuberculosis , radiology , biopsy , mediastinal tumor , resection , mediastinum , surgery , pathology
Mediastinal tumours can be incidental findings on chest x-ray or present with systemic symptoms and/or direct effect of the mediastinal mass. We report the case of a woman with symptomatic thymoma B1 and simultaneous thymus tuberculosis.