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Im, Park, Kho, Lee, Choi, Kim, Kwak, and Hwang: A Case of Thymic Cyst in the Middle Mediastinum Mimicking Pericardial Cyst
Case Report

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2007; 15(2): 40-42.

Published online: 30 June 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2007.15.2.40

A Case of Thymic Cyst in the Middle Mediastinum Mimicking Pericardial Cyst

Sung Il Im, Sung Ji Park, Jin Shin Kho, Jeong Hee Lee, Bong Ryong Choi, Jong Woo Kim, Choong Hwan Kwak, Jin Yong Hwang

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

Department of Pathology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.

sjpark223@yahoo.co.kr

Copyright © 2007 Korean Society of Echocardiography

Abstract

A thymic cyst in the middle mediastinum adjacent to the right pericardium is extremely rare. We report a case of a large thymic cyst in the right cardiophrenic angle, compressing the right atrium, which was presented as a cardiomegaly on the chest radiograph and a pericardial cyst on the echocardiography. The definitive diagnosis was confirmed using surgical resection and biopsy.

Keywords: Thymic cyst, Echocardiography, Magnetic resonance imaging

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