Open AccessThymic amyloidoma mimicking sclerosing thymoma in a triple vessel disease patient: An incidental finding
Author(s) -
Harshi Dhingra,
Amarjit Singh,
Asif Baliyan,
Vinisha Bansal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_432_19
Subject(s) - thymoma , medicine , pathology , amyloid (mycology) , amyloidosis , differential diagnosis , thymic carcinoma , biopsy , thymus neoplasm
A 65 year old man who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for triple vessel disease was found to have enlarged thymus. Biopsy of the thymic mass revealed localised amyloid deposits demonstrating strong apple green birefringence on polarised microscopy. Localized thymic amyloidosis is an extremely rare finding with present case as the seventh in the world and the first in India. Review of literature of thymic amyloidoma and its close differential sclerosing thymoma is hereby described.