Thymoma and Tuberculoma: Unexpected Coexistence
  • Antonio Grilo Novais
    Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Portugal
  • Diana Pinho Santos
    Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Portugal
  • Mariana Conceição
    Pneumology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Portugal
  • Sara Cunha
    Thoracic Surgery Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
  • Joana Capelo
    Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Portugal
  • Pedro Crespo
    Infectious Diseases Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Portugal
  • Lina Carvalho
    Institute of Anatomical and Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra University Hospital Center, Coimbra, Portugal

Keywords

Thymus, tuberculosis, granuloma, mediastinal mass

Abstract

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.

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    Published: 2021-07-30
    Issue: 2021: Vol 8 No 7 (view)

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    Grilo Novais A, Pinho Santos D, Conceição M, Cunha S, Capelo J, Crespo P, Carvalho L. Thymoma and Tuberculoma: Unexpected Coexistence. EJCRIM 2021;8 doi:10.12890/2021_002744.

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