Mediastinum
Thymoma
Ectopic thymoma
Author: Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
Topic Completed: 1 December 2012
Minor changes: 15 March 2021
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PubMed Search: Ectopic thymoma[TI]
Cite this page: Gulwani H. Ectopic thymoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/mediastinumectopicthymoma.html. Accessed December 3rd, 2021.
Definition / general
- Resembles thymoma but in neck (Histopathology 2005;46:583)
- All reported cases had benign behavior
Epidemiology
- Usually women
Case reports
- 69 year old woman with ectopic mid mediastinum thymoma of unusual histological type (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;12:200)
- 75 year old man with primary pleural thymoma (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006;130:e62)
