Pediatr Surg Int. 2007 Oct;23(10):1015-7.

Cystic thymoma in a child: a rare case and review of the literature.

Honda S, Morikawa T, Sasaki F, Okada T, Naito S, Itoh T, Kubota K, Todo S.

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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan. shohei@sam.hi-ho.ne.jp

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Thymomas are rare mediastinal tumors in pediatrics and cystic thymoma, is characterized by a predominantly cystic formation, is extremely rare. This report describes a 13-year-old girl with cystic thymoma, who was treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The microscopic findings were characteristic of cystic thymoma. The literature on cystic thymoma is reviewed here and the clinical characteristics of cystic thymoma are discussed.

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